1 Rich Close, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1NX

1 Rich Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1NX). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since November 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 57 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £293,000 sits 67.4% above the 2005 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 40.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.