7 Barkis Close, Chelmsford, CM1 4UW

7 Barkis Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chelmsford (CM1 4UW). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £308,000 sits 481.1% above the 1997 sale of £53,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 75.4% below the postcode norm. At 61 m² it's 29.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).