2 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
About 2 Choats Cottages
2 Choats Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Eight Ash Green, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3PT). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 is 44.5% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 35.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (January 2015). At 103 m² it's 22.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Choats Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed first floor extension over existing ground floor rear extension
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 151636
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Choats Cottages
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Choats Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£419,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£290,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 January 2015Most recent
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3PT: £305,000 (2021–2012).
Nearby sales in CO6 3PT
The Cart Lodge, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Feb 2021
£500,000The Nook, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Sept 2016
£330,0001 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Dec 2012
£249,9953 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Mar 2009
£250,0004 Choats Cottages, Halstead Road, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3PT
Sold Apr 2002
£158,000
Everything we know about 2 Choats Cottages, in one report
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 Halstead Road homes
2 Choats Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,816
Street avg £2,390
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.6 km
Fiddlers Folly — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham. 4 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
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB