12 Palmerston Lodge, High Street, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 7HF

12 Palmerston Lodge is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM2 7HF). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 46 m² this is the 7th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Good to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £141,000 is 14.5% below the 2021 sale of £165,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 46 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 28 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold February 2021 for £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.