1 Littley Park Cottages, Littley Park Lane, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LB

1 Littley Park Cottages is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Hartford End, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1LB). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 107 m² it sits well below the postcode median (373 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £576,000 sits 73.5% above the 2014 sale of £332,000. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.