Beeches Cottage, Stock Road, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM2 8LA

Beeches 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.