33 St Stephens Road, Cold Norton, Chelmsford, CM3 6JE

33 St Stephens Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Cold Norton, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6JE). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (April 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 101 m² it sits well below the postcode median (164 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£506/sq ft) was about 140.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £550,000 in August 2023.