2 Garden Field Cottages, Water Lane, Little Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4DE
About 2 Garden Field Cottages
2 Garden Field Cottages is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Little Horkesley, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.
At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in March 2018. Across 2004–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £588,000 is 17.6% above the 2018 sale price.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
2 Garden Field Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Garden Field Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Notification for prior approval for a proposed single storey rear extension extending 5 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, with a maximum height of 3.6 metres, and eaves height of 2.7metres.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 192040
What's in 2 Garden Field Cottages, Water Lane, Little Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4DE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
2 Garden Field Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£588,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 14 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
13 March 2018Most recent
£500,000
+81.8%over 13 years25 May 2004
£275,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CO6 4DE: £365,000 (2024–2007).
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Versus other Water Lane homes
On floor area, 2 Garden Field Cottages stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
65 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
185 m²
Street avg 109 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.1 km
The Beehive — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Nayland Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB