Beacon Hill House, Latchingdon Road, Cold Norton, Chelmsford, CM3 6JG

Beacon Hill House is a detached house in Cold Norton, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6JG). It has a recorded floor area of 288 m² (around 3100 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Today's modelled estimate of £977,000 is 21.8% below the 2021 sale of £1,250,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 72.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 288 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.