Palepit Farm, Latchingdon Road, Cold Norton, Chelmsford, CM3 6HR

Palepit Farm is a detached house in Cold Norton, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6HR). It has a recorded floor area of 373 m² (around 4015 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2021 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 is 86.1% below the 2021 sale of £1,650,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 70.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 373 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £1,650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.