2 Parsonage Cottages, The Street, High Easter, Chelmsford, CM1 4QS

2 Parsonage Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in High Easter, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 4QS). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Held since September 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £383,000 sits 58.9% above the 2006 sale of £241,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.