6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages, Hartford End, Chelmsford, CM3 1LD
About 6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages
6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages is a detached house in Hartford End, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1LD). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on lpg.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in May 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 51 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £328,000 sits 549.5% above the 1996 sale of £50,500.
Energy performance
6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£328,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£50,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 May 1996Most recent
£50,500
Versus the street
6 Apple Tree Hill Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
56 (D)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 70 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
Apple Tree Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Ford End Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







