2 Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JW
About 2 Bradbrook Cottages
2 Bradbrook Cottages is a semi-detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3JW). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 90 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 43 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £368,000 is 17.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 19.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £313,000 in August 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
2 Bradbrook Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Sept 2017DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Demolish existing side ground floor extension, build new side ground floor extension.
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 172003
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Bradbrook Cottages changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£368,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 9 years.
£313,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
6 August 2020Most recent
£313,000
-9.3%over 12 months14 August 2019
£345,000
+68.3%over 7 years25 October 2011
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3JW: £350,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CO6 3JW
13a Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JW
Sold Oct 2025
£323,0008a Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JW
Sold Aug 2024
£295,00011a Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JW
Sold Jan 2024
£362,0005 Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JW
Sold Nov 2022
£350,00024 Bradbrook Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JW
Sold Jul 2022
£330,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Armoury Road homes
On epc rating, 2 Bradbrook Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,478
Street avg £2,896
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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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
0.3 km
Armoury Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt. 7 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
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB