Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Acres Lodge is a five-bedroom detached house in Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 2JP). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold June 2023 for £1,250,000.
Acres Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 8 March 2033
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Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Acres Lodge.
1 application on record at Acres Lodge, Maldon Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, CM3 2JP
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two storey rear extension - revised application following refusal
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Acres Lodge has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£1,303,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 26 years.
£1,250,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 26 years.
21 June 2023Most recent
£1,250,000
+438.8%over 25 years11 September 1997
£232,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 2JP: £590,000 (2025–2014).
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Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
233/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Jenkins Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
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