3 Belmont Close, Chelmsford, CM1 6UT

3 Belmont Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelmsford (CM1 6UT). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1995 — that's 31 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £365,000 sits 508.3% above the 1995 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 72.9% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.