7 Victoria Road, Cold Norton, Chelmsford, CM3 6JD

7 Victoria Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Cold Norton, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6JD). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 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 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £707,000 sits 244.9% above the 1997 sale of £205,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£101/sq ft) was about 27.7% below the postcode norm.