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According to the public record, Sleepers Cottage, Bures is a modern freehold house with 973 ft2 of internal area and sits on a 318 m2 plot.
Houses of this size in this area normally have 3 bedrooms with a garden.
Based on available information, and assuming reasonable condition, the estimated sale value for Sleepers Cottage, Bures is £414,967 and the estimated rental value is £1,507 per month.
Parsonage Hill, Bures, CO8 is located in the borough of Braintree within the CO8 postal district.
Sleepers Cottage, Bures has a single entry in the Land Registry from October 2011 and a single entry in the EPC database dated March 2011.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
Decorative condition can have a big effect on a property's value and this effect varies depending on the type, size and location of the property.
If Sleepers Cottage, Bures is in very good condition we estimate a sale value of £435,715 and a rental value of £1,582 per month.
However, if the property needs a lot of cosmetic work we estimate a sale value of £385,919 and a rental value of £1,401 per month.
Over the last 12 months the sale value of Sleepers Cottage Bures has decreased by an estimated £8,726 (2.1%) and its rental value has increased by an estimated £31 per month (2.0%), giving an expected gross yield of 4.4%.
According to data from HM Land Registry, Sleepers Cottage, Bures sits on a plot of 318m2.
We have plot size data on 9 out of 11 other houses in the postcode and Sleepers Cottage, Bures sits on the 8th largest plot.
Sleepers Cottage, Bures has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 04 Mar 2011.
The property is connected to mains gas and has mostly double glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
According to HM Land Registry, Sleepers Cottage, Bures was last sold on 20th October 2011 for £225,000 and was recorded as a freehold house.
The property has only had this single sale since 1995.
Since October 2011, the market for similar properties has risen 83.4%
According to the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents, there have been 3 sales of properties similar to Sleepers Cottage, Bures within a radius of 5.1 kilometres over the last 2 years.
The most recent example is 9, Station Hill, Bures, CO8 5DD, a freehold house which sold for £375,000 on the 22nd August 2025.
Read more about house prices in CO8.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Parsonage Hill, Bures, CO8 has a total of 11 addresses. According to our analysis of all the public data, Sleepers Cottage, Bures is the 9th largest and the 9th most expensive property on the street.
When compared to the postcode district it is £29k less expensive than the average property in CO8.
The closest station to Sleepers Cottage, Bures is Bures station which is 0 metres away.
According to recent data from Ofcom, superfast broadband is available in this area.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
According to data from the Environment Agency, the flood risk in this area is considered to be very low.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around Sleepers Cottage, Bures, 46.0% of property is privately owned outright and 25.0% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around Sleepers Cottage, Bures, 17.0% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 29.3% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around Sleepers Cottage, Bures, the average age was 48.1 and the most common age was 57.
The graph below shows how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around Sleepers Cottage, Bures, 0.8% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for East of England and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around Sleepers Cottage, Bures, there are an average of 1.5 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to East of England and the rest of England & Wales.