4 Payne Place, East Hanningfield, Chelmsford, CM3 8UU

4 Payne Place is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in East Hanningfield, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 8UU). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2010–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 sits 54.2% above the 2014 sale of £216,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (August 2014).