3 Chestnut Road, Vange, Basildon, SS16 4TD

3 Chestnut Road is a detached house in Vange, Basildon, Basildon (SS16 4TD). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 27 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (27–150 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 76 units on file. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in November 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 sits 417.5% above the 1995 sale of £22,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£79/sq ft) was about 39.2% below the postcode norm. At 27 m² it's 20.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (34 m² median across 75 EPCs).