10 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
About 10 Duffries Close
10 Duffries Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£564/sq ft) was about 108.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold January 2021 for £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
10 Duffries Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 10 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
- Apr 2010AnnexOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Single storey front extension, two storey side and two storey rear extension. The proposal is to provide ancillary accommodation consisting of an additional kitchen and lounge on the ground floor and two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor.
Extension- Reference
- 10/00123/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- AnnexJan 2011Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 10 Duffries Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£683,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 January 2021Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 1DQ: £250,000 (2024–2005).
Nearby sales in CM3 1DQ
8 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
Sold Jun 2024
£515,0007 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
Sold Oct 2015
£371,0009 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
Sold Oct 2010
£250,0002 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
Sold May 2005
£228,0006 Duffries Close, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 1DQ
Sold May 2004
£199,500
Versus other Duffries Close homes
10 Duffries Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,075
Street avg £3,257
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







