27 Abbotsleigh Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5SR

27 Abbotsleigh Road is a one-bedroom detached house in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 5SR). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (45–123 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 27 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 is 12.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£314/sq ft) was about 68.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £152,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.