What kind of home is 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ is a mid-terrace house.

What did 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ sell for?

1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ last sold for £182,000 in April 2021, around 5 years ago. Land Registry has 4 sales on record going back to £64,000 in September 2001. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

Across 4 sales between September 2001 and April 2021, 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ rose from £64,000 to £182,000, a change of £118,000. That works out to roughly +5.5% per year compounded over 20 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

The current EPC rating for 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ is D with a score of 62 out of 100, lodged in January 2018. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (603 sq ft). That makes it about 21% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CM2 8JQ. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ use?

The latest EPC at 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Which area is 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ in?

1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ sits in Chelmsford. It falls within the CM2 postcode district in Essex.

What is crime like near 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

Police records around 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ show an average of 12 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 40% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

The closest primary school to 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ is Baddow Hall Infant School (828m), one of 11 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Great Baddow High School (1.1km), with 4 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ?

The closest bus stop to 1a Birch House, The Westerings, CM2 8JQ is Park View Crescent, 209m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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1a Birch House, The Westerings, Chelmsford, CM2 8JQ

4 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Floor Ground

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

56 m²

603 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 62

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 1a Birch House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

1a Birch House is a mid-terrace house in Chelmsford (CM2 8JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Sold April 2021 for £182,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 is 23.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 31.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

D62

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

2.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1a Birch House, The Westerings, Chelmsford, CM2 8JQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1a Birch House has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.

Current estimate

£225,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 20 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£182,000

Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

29 April 2021Most recent
£182,000
+7.1%over 2 years
14 June 2018
£170,000
+47.8%over 12 years
16 November 2005
£115,000
+79.7%over 4 years
9 September 2001
£64,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CM2 8JQ: £182,500 (2021–2004).

Nearby sales in CM2 8JQ

On the street

Versus other The Westerings homes

Four headline reads against 3 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 1a Birch House stands well clear of the street.

EPC Rating

62 (D)

Street avg 21 (F)

Strongly above

Floor Area

56 m²

Street avg 62 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

2.9 t/year

Street avg 5.1 t/year

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

On par

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chelmsford district page.

Full Chelmsford report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

12/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Park View Crescent — bus stop.

Closest school

0.8 km

Baddow Hall Infant School. 15 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CM2 8JQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.8dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CM2 8JQ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.0dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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