1 Highwood Cottages, Ingatestone Road, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QT

1 Highwood Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Highwood, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 3QT). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in December 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since March 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 sits 460.2% above the 1997 sale of £93,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 47.2% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.