Marchants, Gambles Green, Terling, Chelmsford, CM3 2QP

Marchants is a five-bedroom detached house in Terling, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 2QP). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1708 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 10 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2010–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £970,000 is 16.9% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 23.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Sold June 2018 for £830,000.