3 Alma Drive, Chelmsford, CM1 1TW

3 Alma Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Chelmsford (CM1 1TW). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 866 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 81 m² this is the 19th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 24 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 sits 147.3% above the 2003 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 45.5% below the postcode norm.