Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Estimated value
£460,000
Newest record on this page: October 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Our estimate
£460,000
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The estimate for 2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages is modelled from its 126 m² EPC floor area, the absence of a recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in CM3 8DE. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Floor area
126 m² from the EPC lodged in October 2025
Sales of this home
No sale recorded since 1995
Recent sales in CM3 8DE
5 sales, median £1,100,000 (2024–2021)
| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: October 2024 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 10 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM3 8DE: £1,100,000 (2024–2021).
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Sold Oct 2024
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Sold Jun 2021
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Sold Jun 2021
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Sold Apr 2021
2 Grooms Cottage, Chalk Street, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DE
Sold Apr 2021
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2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages is a semi-detached house in Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 8DE). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil.
10 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 2 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 27 October 2035
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages has 4 separate extension applications on the council record.
10 applications on record at 2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages, Chalk Street, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DE
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Single and two storey rear extension.
+ 7 more applications in the report
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EPC Rating for 2 Mill Hill Farm Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 148 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
233/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Chalk Street — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
St Luke's Park Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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