39 Rainsford Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 2QS
About 39 Rainsford Lane
39 Rainsford Lane is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelmsford (CM1 2QS). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump.
At 87 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 is 29% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (November 2017). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
39 Rainsford Lane sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 39 Rainsford Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 2QS
- Mar 2018PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension, front porch, detached garage and alteration works to form new hipped roof over existing front bay window, sun tunnel to existing rear roof alterations to rear doors to form a new window and new fence to rear garden adjacent to new detached garage.
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00020/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
39 Rainsford Lane valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£458,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£355,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 November 2017Most recent
£355,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM1 2QS: £350,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CM1 2QS
Versus other Rainsford Lane homes
EPC Rating for 39 Rainsford Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,080
Street avg £3,956
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Fire Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.2dB