Little Ashlyns, Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QG
About Little Ashlyns
Little Ashlyns is a semi-detached house in Highwood, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 3QG). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £379,000 is 11.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 17.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Little Ashlyns has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£379,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 August 2022Most recent
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM1 3QG: £515,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in CM1 3QG
The Blossoms, Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QG
Sold Oct 2024
£614,000Mylor, Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QG
Sold May 2024
£515,0005 Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QG
Sold Jan 2021
£475,000The Old Vicarage, Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QG
Sold Jun 2020
£1,772,5001 Loves Green Cottages, Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QG
Sold Oct 2017
£365,000
Versus other Loves Green homes
Floor Area for Little Ashlyns lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,152
Street avg £4,427
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sparrows Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Highwood Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







