Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£991,000
Newest record on this page: March 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£991,000
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The estimate for Stevens Lodge is modelled from its 224 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in CM1 4TX. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
224 m² from the EPC lodged in March 2025
Sales of this home
1 sale recorded, the latest in 2021
Recent sales in CM1 4TX
4 sales, median £817,500 (2024–2001)
| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: April 2024 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 3 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
9 August 2021Most recent
£825,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CM1 4TX: £817,500 (2024–2001).
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Stevens Lodge is a detached house in Chignal St. James, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 4TX). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £991,000 is 20.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 146.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £825,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Stevens Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 29 March 2035
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Stevens Lodge has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
3 applications on record at Stevens Lodge, Mashbury Road, Chignal St James, Chelmsford, CM1 4TX
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
420/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Nurseries — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB
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