9 Benedict Drive, Chelmsford, CM1 2SD

9 Benedict Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelmsford (CM1 2SD). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in June 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £459,000 sits 73.2% above the 2007 sale of £264,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 46.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.