2 Council Houses, Crows Lane, Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 8RR

2 Council Houses is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 8RR). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 sits 563.9% above the 1997 sale of £59,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 77.5% below the postcode norm.