Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£402,000
Newest record on this page: January 2024. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£402,000
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The estimate for 4 Ship Cottages is modelled from its 69 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in CM2 8LA. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
69 m² from the EPC lodged in May 2010
Sales of this home
1 sale recorded, the latest in 2014
Recent sales in CM2 8LA
5 sales, median £380,000 (2024–2021)
| Data | This page | Full report |
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| Sales | Latest sale shown: January 2024 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 4 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
2 September 2014Most recent
£249,999
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM2 8LA: £380,000 (2024–2021).
Woodstock House, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA
Sold Jan 2024
1 Ship Cottages, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA
Sold May 2022
Templewood Industrial Estate, Unit 8, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA
Sold Mar 2022
7 Ship Cottages, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA
Sold Apr 2021
6 Ship Cottages, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA
Sold Apr 2021
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4 Ship Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM2 8LA). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 747 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 22). Main heating runs on bottled lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (27 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £402,000 sits 60.8% above the 2014 sale of £249,999. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 62.2% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in September 2014. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
4 Ship Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 May 2020
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 May 2020
4 Ship Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 4 Ship Cottages, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Extensions including part first floor side and rear extension and part single storey side and rear extension
+ 1 more application in the report
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4 Ship Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,600
Street avg £7,658
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
324/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
The Ship — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Stock Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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