What kind of home is The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL?

The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL is a 3-bedroom detached house.

What did The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL sell for?

The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL last sold for £365,000 in April 2024, around 2 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £80,000 in August 2001. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL?

Across 3 sales between August 2001 and April 2024, The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL rose from £80,000 to £365,000, a change of £285,000. That works out to roughly +6.9% per year compounded over 23 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL?

The current EPC rating for The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL is E with a score of 51 out of 100, lodged in August 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL?

The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (915 sq ft), around 28 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 13% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CM0 7NL. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL use?

The latest EPC at The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL records lpg as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Which area is The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL in?

The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL sits in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster. It falls within the CM0 postcode district in Essex.

How safe is the area around The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL?

Police records around The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL show an average of 68 reported crimes per month over the last 15 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 52% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is falling (18% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

What is the nearest station to The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL?

The closest bus stop to The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, CM0 7NL is Bay View, 511m away. In total there are 3 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, St Lawrence, Southminster, CM0 7NL

3 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

85 m²

915 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 51

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Overview

About The Chimes

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

The Chimes is a three-bedroom detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7NL). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Across 2001–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 279.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 12 EPCs). Last sale on file: £365,000 in April 2024.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms1
StudyYes

Outside

Private gardenSouth-facing
DrivewayYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

Current Certificate

Aug 2022

EPC Rating

E51

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Poor

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

3.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 2 August 2032

5 years remaining

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Level 3 Building Survey

Late 20th centuryDetached BungalowEPC EExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gasLow flood risk

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Chimes, St Lawrence Drive, St Lawrence, Southminster, CM0 7NL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Chimes has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on The Chimes was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£392,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 23 years.

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Last sold (2024)

£365,000

Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 23 years.

Sales timeline

18 April 2024Most recent
£365,000
+151.7%over 19 years
14 December 2004
£145,000
+81.3%over 3 years
23 August 2001
£80,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7NL: £220,000 (2024–2007).

Nearby sales in CM0 7NL

On the street

Versus other St Lawrence Drive homes

Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

The Chimes outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,294

Street avg £1,719

Strongly above

Floor Area

85 m²

Street avg 96 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

3.0 t/year

Street avg 5.6 t/year

Strongly above

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Southminster district page.

Full Southminster report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

68/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.5 km

Bay View — bus stop.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CM0 7NL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

41.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CM0 7NL

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.4dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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