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5 sales on record
About 178 Upper Bridge Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
178 Upper Bridge Road is a detached house in Chelmsford (CM2 0AY). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 30 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–117 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 72).
Sale prices here have outpaced Chelmsford HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 is 16.4% below the 2021 sale of £173,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£537/sq ft) was about 131.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold April 2021 for £173,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
178 Upper Bridge Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C72
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
1.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
178 Upper Bridge Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£145,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2021)
£173,500
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
12/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Queen Street — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
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