4 Helen How, Boreham Road, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NJ
About 4 Helen How
4 Helen How is a semi-detached house in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 59 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 4 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Window efficiency improved
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Planning history
1 application on record at 4 Helen How, Boreham Road, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NJ
- Oct 2011RenovationOutcome in report
Installation of air source heat pump to provide heat supply to new system of radiator emitters.
- Reference
- 11/01307/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
4 Helen How has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£291,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other Helen How homes
CO₂ Emissions for 4 Helen How runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 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
St Annes Castle — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Great Leighs Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB