Flat 7, The Old Rectory, Abbey Fields, Chelmsford CM3 8XD

Detached flat · Built 1983-1990 · 78 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£415
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £535 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 November 2021£350,000
8 April 2014£250,000
30 October 2013£250,000
19 September 2006£215,000

Estimated today: £356,660 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Abbey Fields: 37 sales since 1995 · £656,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary AcademyPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Priory Primary School, BicknacrePrimary1.5 mi
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
The Sandon SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
William de Ferrers SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Great Baddow High SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 +0.03 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

8.2
crimes a month
82
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021535, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Abbey Fields

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
64.6
average score
D
most common grade
+11.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.