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18 Birk Beck, Waveney Drive, Chelmsford, CM1 7PJ

5 sales on record
Property type
End terrace
Floor 1st
Bedrooms
2
Floor area
65 m²
700 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 50
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 18 Birk Beck

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

18 Birk Beck is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chelmsford (CM1 7PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 sits 59% above the 2014 sale of £139,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 28.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (March 2014). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Open-plan layoutYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • GarageEn bloc
  • BalconyYes

Building

  • Heating systemGas
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

18 Birk Beck sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Mar 2024

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Late 20th century1st Floor MaisonetteEPC E

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 18 Birk Beck, Waveney Drive, Chelmsford, CM1 7PJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

18 Birk Beck has no planning applications on record.

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But the area is active

4 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.

Current estimate

£221,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 16 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2014)

£139,000

Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 16 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 30 March 2014Most recent

    £139,000

    +4.5%over 1 year

  2. 1 October 2012

    £133,000

    +4.7%over 8 years

  3. 8 July 2004

    £126,995

    +111.7%over 4 years

  4. 30 March 2000

    £60,000

    +26.3%over 1 year

  5. 28 April 1998

    £47,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CM1 7PJ: £230,000 (2025–2018).

On the street

Versus other Waveney Drive homes

Four headline reads against 16 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for 18 Birk Beck lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,138

Street avg £2,477

On par

Floor Area

65 m²

Street avg 64 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

4.5 t/year

Street avg 2.8 t/year

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 18 Birk Beck

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby

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Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£286k

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2 bed1 bath
£339k

1 Coombe Rise

CM1 7DG

2 bed1 bath
£429k

1 All Saints Close

CM1 7HT

2 bed1 bath
£202k

1 Cricketers Close, Broomfield

CM1 7BL

1 bed1 bath
£447k

1 Boyne Drive

CM1 7QW

3 bed
£545k

1 Broomhall Gardens

CM1 7GE

3 bed2 bath
£222k

1 Birk Beck, Waveney Drive

CM1 7PJ

£239k

1 Ashford Place, Broomfield

CM1 7FW

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chelmsford district page.
Full Chelmsford report

Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.

Crime

8/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Waveney Drive — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Perryfields Junior School. 28 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CM1 7PJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CM1 7PJ

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

52.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CM1 7PJ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

43.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 18 Birk Beck, Waveney Drive, Chelmsford, CM1 7PJ. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.