What type of property is New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS?

New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

When did New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS last change hands?

New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS last sold for £260,000 in January 2024, around 2 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS?

The current EPC rating for New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS is F with a score of 35 out of 100, lodged in November 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a D. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS?

New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (980 sq ft), around 30 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 45% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CO6 1JS. Source: EPC Register.

How is New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS heated?

The latest EPC at New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS records oil as the main heating fuel. It is also flagged as connected to mains gas. Source: EPC Register.

Where is New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS located?

New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS sits in Great Tey, Colchester, Colchester. It falls within the CO6 postcode district in Essex.

What is crime like near New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS?

Police records around New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 63% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What transport links are near New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS?

The closest bus stop to New Cottage, The Street, CO6 1JS is Church, 183m away. In total there are 18 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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New Cottage, The Street, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JS

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

91 m²

980 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 35

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About New Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

New Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Tey, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1JS). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (154 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 is 29.2% above the 2024 sale price. Last sale on file: £260,000 in January 2024.

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms1

Outside

DrivewayYes

Building

Period featuresYes
RefurbishedYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

New Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

F35

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Poor

CO2 Emissions

7.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against New Cottage, The Street, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

New Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

5applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Current estimate

£336,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2024)

£260,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

26 January 2024Most recent
£260,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1JS: £435,000 (2024–2015).

Nearby sales in CO6 1JS

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On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, New Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,857

Street avg £3,074

On par

Floor Area

91 m²

Street avg 167 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

7.9 t/year

Street avg 8.3 t/year

Below

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Colchester report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Church — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO6 1JS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 1JS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.4dB

Low

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