1 Akenfield Close, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XP

1 Akenfield Close is a detached house in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 5XP). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (28 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 sits 521% above the 1996 sale of £52,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 69% below the postcode norm.