48 Goldlay Road, Chelmsford, CM2 0EL

48 Goldlay Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelmsford (CM2 0EL). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in November 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 sits 445.6% above the 1996 sale of £79,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 78.5% below the postcode norm.