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Get startedBeeches Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM2 8LA). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a conservatory and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
It hasn't traded since December 1995, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 91 m² the property is well over the postcode median (27 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 sits 476.5% above the 1995 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 72.4% below the postcode norm.
Beeches Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Latest sale on Beeches Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£490,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£85,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On price per m², Beeches Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£934
Street avg £6,778
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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21 December 1995Most recent
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM2 8LA: £380,000 (2024–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
CM2 8TJ
The Ship — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Stock Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB
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