Orchard Cottage, Braintree
Orchard Cottage, Braintree
Description & Estimates
Orchard Cottage, Braintree is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 839 ft2 of internal area.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of Orchard Cottage, Braintree is £341,003 and its rental estimate is £1,401 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Cornish Hall End, Braintree, CM7 falls within the CM7 postal district, in the borough of Braintree.
Our Data Sources
Orchard Cottage, Braintree has a single entry in the Land Registry from May 2023 and a single entry in the EPC database dated February 2023.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 2 out of 5 and is considered of medium 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 Orchard Cottage, Braintree, we estimate a market value of £358,054 and a rental value of £1,472 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £317,133 and £1,303 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Orchard Cottage, Braintree has seen its estimated sale value move down by £7,054 (2.1%) and its estimated rental value increase by £38 per month (2.7%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 4.9%.
Energy Efficiency
Orchard Cottage, Braintree has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of E. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 02 Feb 2023.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has partial double glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, oil.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Orchard Cottage, Braintree completed on 10th May 2023 at £325,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 27.5% over the period since May 2023.
- Sold May 2023£325,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Orchard Cottage, Braintree have sold within a radius of 5.3 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 1st December 2025, was 4, Rose Cottages, Braintree, CM7 4HR, a freehold house which sold for £370,000.
Read more about house prices in CM7.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 72 addresses on Cornish Hall End, Braintree, CM7, Orchard Cottage, Braintree comes out as the 49th largest and the 34th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £9k more expensive than the average property across the CM7 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 3.6kmFinchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
- 4.0kmGreat Sampford Community Primary School
- 4.6kmSteeple Bumpstead Primary School
- 9.6kmHedingham School and Sixth Form
- 9.7kmCastle Manor Academy
- 10.0kmSamuel Ward Academy
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Public Transport Nearby
From Orchard Cottage, Braintree, the nearest station is Braintree, 15.6 kilometres away.
- 15.6kmBraintree
- 16.3kmNewport (Essex)
- 16.5kmBraintree Freeport
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
