2 Chestnut Road, Vange, Basildon, SS16 4TQ

2 Chestnut Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Vange, Basildon, Basildon (SS16 4TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. At 29 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 67 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 67 units on file.

At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (50 m² across 66 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£524/sq ft) was about 279% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £163,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.