1 Willow Green Cottage, Willows Green, Chelmsford, CM3 1QB

1 Willow Green Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Willows Green, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1QB). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views and a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2010–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£425/sq ft) was about 199.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £700,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.