2 Brick House Cottages, Brick House Lane, Boreham, Chelmsford, CM3 3JQ
About 2 Brick House Cottages
2 Brick House Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Boreham, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 3JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 77 m² it's 18.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £375,000 is 16.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£388/sq ft) was about 56% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in March 2018, so it's been off the market for around 8 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
2 Brick House Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Jul 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Brick House Cottages has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
2 Brick House Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 23 years.
£321,500
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
19 March 2018Most recent
£321,500
+32.6%over 3 years31 October 2014
£242,500
+262.0%over 19 years23 March 1995
£66,995
Median price across the last 4 sales in CM3 3JQ: £349,975 (2024–1997).
Versus other Brick House Lane homes
EPC Rating for 2 Brick House Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 91 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Elm Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Boreham Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.3dB







