3a, Chelmer Avenue, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, CM3 3PB

3a is a four-bedroom detached house in Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 3PB). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £685,000 sits 153.7% above the 2007 sale of £270,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£147/sq ft) was about 26.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.