Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Primrose Hill is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelmsford (CM1 2RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1380 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sold in November 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £629,000 is 19.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 50.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
2 Primrose Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Mar 2019
Certificate validity
Expired on 20 March 2019
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Latest sale on 2 Primrose Hill was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£629,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 20 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 20 years.
30 November 2017Most recent
£525,000
+75.0%over 8 years20 July 2009
£300,000
-3.2%over 4 years15 November 2004
£310,000
+195.4%over 6 years21 November 1997
£104,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM1 2RQ: £250,000 (2026–2024).
On epc rating, 2 Primrose Hill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,095
Street avg £3,210
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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420/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Rose & Crown — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Maltese Road Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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