Firtree Cottage, Hackmans Lane, Cock Clarks, Chelmsford, CM3 6RE

Firtree Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Cock Clarks, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6RE). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £653,000 is 15.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£577/sq ft) was about 106.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £565,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.