2 Wallace Cottage, Highwood Road, Edney Common, Chelmsford, CM1 3QE

2 Wallace Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Edney Common, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 3QE). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 11 years since the last transfer (November 2015). Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 is 21.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 21.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.