5 Beadle Way, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1RT

5 Beadle Way is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 1RT). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2009–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 is 20% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in September 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.