8 Stagden Cross Villas, High Easter, Chelmsford, CM1 4QX

8 Stagden Cross Villas is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in High Easter, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 4QX). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in July 2010. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £439,000 sits 81% above the 2010 sale of £242,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£203/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.