4 Highlands Cottages, Southend Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8EB
About 4 Highlands Cottages
4 Highlands Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 8EB). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 83 m² it's 23.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.
Energy performance
4 Highlands Cottages ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 Highlands Cottages has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
4 Highlands Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£337,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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 2 sales in CM3 8EB: £230,000 (2020–1995).
Versus other Southend Road homes
4 Highlands Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 40 (E)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Rettendon Common — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.0dB







