Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester
Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester
Description & Estimates
Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester appears in the public record as a freehold house sitting on a 2,199 m2 plot.
By comparing it to nearby properties, we estimate it to be a modern house with 1,843 ft2 of internal area and a garden.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms.
Our estimate of the sale value of Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester is £543,154 and its rental estimate is £1,990 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Clears Road, Layer Marney, Colchester, CO5 falls within the CO5 postal district, in the borough of Colchester.
Our Data Sources
Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester has 2 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in September 2015 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester, we estimate a market value of £570,311 and a rental value of £2,089 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £505,133 and £1,850 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester has seen its estimated sale value drop by £7,856 (1.4%) and its estimated rental value rise by £49 per month (2.5%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 4.4%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester as measuring 2,199 m2.
That makes it the largest plot in the postcode, where 4 of the 7 other houses have recorded plot data.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester completed on 24th September 2015 at £785,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 46.0% over the period since September 2015.
- Sold Sep 2015£785,000
- Sold Dec 2008£680,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester have sold within a radius of 2.5 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 31st March 2025, was Rangemoor, Smythes Green, Colchester, CO5 9XW, a freehold house which sold for £500,000.
Read more about house prices in CO5.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
More reading links
Location Comparison
Of the 8 addresses on Clears Road, Layer Marney, Colchester, CO5, Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester comes out as the 5th largest and the 4th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £124k more expensive than the average property across the CO5 district.
More reading links
Schools Nearby
- 2.3kmMilldene Primary School
- 2.4kmMessing Primary School
- 2.8kmSt Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School
- 2.4kmThurstable School
- 7.4kmThe Stanway School
- 7.9kmPaxman Academy
More reading links
Public Transport Nearby
From Layer Wood Cottage, Colchester, the nearest station is Kelvedon, 5.7 kilometres away.
- 5.7kmKelvedon
- 6.0kmMarks Tey
- 10.1kmWitham
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
