1 Willow Cottage, Gay Bowers Road, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4JQ

1 Willow Cottage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Danbury, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since February 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £539,000 sits 208% above the 2001 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 47.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.