170 Main Road, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NP

170 Main Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1NP). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£566/sq ft) was about 168.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £463,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.