3 Blacksmith Close, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM1 6SY

3 Blacksmith Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Springfield, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM1 6SY). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 42.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £540,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.