7 The Limes, Galleywood, Chelmsford, CM2 8RA

7 The Limes is a four-bedroom detached house in Galleywood, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM2 8RA). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 83 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 sits 56% above the 2010 sale of £352,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£395/sq ft) was about 76.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.