Four Seasons, Latchingdon Road, Cold Norton, Chelmsford, CM3 6JG

Four Seasons is a four-bedroom detached house in Cold Norton, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6JG). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1995–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £805,000 sits 50.5% above the 2007 sale of £535,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 35.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.