3 Old Vicarage Close, High Easter, Chelmsford, CM1 4RW

3 Old Vicarage Close is a five-bedroom detached house in High Easter, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 4RW). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 1998 — that's 28 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 £876,000 sits 187.2% above the 1998 sale of £305,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 34.8% below the postcode norm. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.