Yellow Cottage, Larks Lane, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1AD

Yellow Cottage is a detached house in Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2002–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £602,000 sits 53.4% above the 2007 sale of £392,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.