Flat 1, 42 Eastern Crescent, Chelmsford, CM1 4JQ

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chelmsford (CM1 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. At 54 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band.

Last sale on file: £208,000 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 30.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.