2 Primrose Cottage, Ponders Road, Fordham, Colchester, CO6 3LN
About 2 Primrose Cottage
2 Primrose Cottage is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Fordham, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3LN). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 is 26.4% above the 2019 sale price. Last sale on file: £435,000 in July 2019. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
2 Primrose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2002FullIn report
Removal of flat roof to pitched over link extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/02/0790
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£550,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 20 years.
£435,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
17 July 2019Most recent
£435,000
+267.1%over 19 years25 July 1999
£118,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO6 3LN: £251,500 (2016–1999).
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.4 km
New Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB