Bromptons Cottage, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HN
About Bromptons Cottage
Bromptons Cottage is a detached house in Colne Engaine, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 2HN). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2097 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,017,000 is 27.9% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 65.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (September 2017).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Bromptons Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Bromptons Cottage has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of single storey side extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/02532/FUL
What's in Bromptons Cottage, Colne Engaine, Colchester, CO6 2HN's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Bromptons Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,017,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.1% per year over 7 years.
£795,000
Growth on file: 1.1% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
18 September 2017Most recent
£795,000
+8.2%over 7 years27 July 2010
£735,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 2HN: £500,000 (2022–2006).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.7 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB