1 Millbank Cottages, Main Road, Howe Street, Chelmsford, CM3 1BA

1 Millbank Cottages is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Howe Street, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 122), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since September 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £262,000 sits 80.7% above the 2001 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 30.5% below the postcode norm.