2 Oak Pit Cottages, CO5 9UD
2 Oak Pit Cottages, in CO5, is a freehold semi-detached house on Oak Pit Cottages. It last sold for £198,500 in 2009 — its 3rd recorded sale, down 14% on its first recorded sale of £230,000 in 2005.
What this home is
The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.
EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.
What is it worth now?
An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.
Indicatively £65,000–£108,000 today, projected from its 2009 sale.
From the 2009 sale, the indicative range widens as time passes — the cone is that growing uncertainty, not a forecast.
Across Colchester, the official average home value is £298,311 — +0% in a year, +13% over five.
Covers the whole Colchester area, not this postcode.
A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.
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You're seeing the shape of it — the report has the substance.
Indicative range projected from HM Land Registry sold prices; not a formal valuation, survey or appraisal.
Everything on 2 Oak Pit Cottages, unlocked
The valuation with its comparables, every application and document trail, tenure & title, the ten score workings — the full dossier for this one address.
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Sale history
Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 2 Oak Pit Cottages, newest first.
3 recorded sales since 2005, down 14% from first to latest.
This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against CO5's yearly median.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
The practical file
The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.
Council tax band C (≈£2,029/yr) · gigabit broadband reaches 0% of premises.
The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.
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VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.
The neighbourhood
Who lives here and how the area ranks — the Colchester 019A neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.
IMD decile 8/10 — less deprived than most of England; household income about 19% above the national average; shared/rented housing low.
In plain terms: income and employment score well, but a weaker housing & access.
19% above the national average.
The dark tick on each bar marks the England & Wales average.
ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.
The street and the area
Where 2 Oak Pit Cottages sits in its local market.
2 Oak Pit Cottages: quick answers
From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.
2 Oak Pit Cottages last sold for £198,500 on 14 Jan 2009, according to HM Land Registry.
HM Land Registry records 3 sales for 2 Oak Pit Cottages between 2005 and 2009. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.
2 Oak Pit Cottages is in council tax band C, costing about £2,029 a year (Colchester).
Carrying its 2009 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of -4.6% a year across 3 sales suggests roughly £65,000–£108,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.
Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 0% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)
The full £5 report opens every locked panel in this dossier — a precise comparables-based valuation, the itemised EPC, planning activity, school results and admissions odds, forward-looking flood risk, a negotiation read and a viewing checklist, for this exact home.
Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.