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

5 Chelmer Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 3PB). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £805,000 is 11% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 113.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £725,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.