23 Gablefields, Sandon, Chelmsford, CM2 7SP

23 Gablefields is a five-bedroom detached house in Sandon, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM2 7SP). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2024) returns an A (score 92), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was C, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since December 1998 — 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 202 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £806,000 sits 313.3% above the 1998 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 49.5% below the postcode norm.