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

31 Abbotsleigh Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 5SR). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. At 48 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 27 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–123 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 27 units on file.

At 48 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. Last sale on file: £157,000 in October 2020. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 is 15.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.