Melford Lodge, Burnham Road, Althorne, Chelmsford, CM3 6BX

Melford Lodge is a three-bedroom detached house in Althorne, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6BX). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £815,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 39% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £730,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.