12 Augustine Way, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4ET

12 Augustine Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Bicknacre, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 60.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £600,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.