Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Blake Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 5XY). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Period features are noted in the property record.
At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 19 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: £210,000 in December 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£488/sq ft) was about 117.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 January 2028
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3 Blake Court has no planning applications on record.
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3 Blake Court has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£221,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 24 years.
£210,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 24 years.
17 December 2021Most recent
£210,000
+16.7%over 3 years9 April 2018
£180,000
+215.8%over 17 years28 September 2000
£57,000
+42.5%over 2 years6 March 1998
£40,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 5XY: £305,000 (2025–2023).
22 Blake Court, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XY
Sold May 2025
12 Blake Court, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XY
Sold Mar 2025
14 Blake Court, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XY
Sold Oct 2024
10 Blake Court, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XY
Sold Dec 2023
20 Blake Court, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XY
Sold Oct 2023
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Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
233/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Collingwood Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Collingwood Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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