24 Cavendish Gardens, Chelmsford, CM2 6BB

24 Cavendish Gardens is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chelmsford (CM2 6BB). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 68 m² this is the 45th smallest of 49 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in March 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 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. At 68 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 sits 231.3% above the 1999 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 57.9% below the postcode norm.