Estimated value today£161klast sold £105,000, 2012 · likely £143k–£179k
Energy ratingD2023 certificate, could be C
Energy bills, a year£560about £47 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£3,836/m²neighbourhood typical £4,812/m²
See 126, Henniker Gate from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2023 energy certificate recommends 1 measure, which together could take it from D to C. All of them together typically cost £1.2k–£1.8k.
High heat retention storage heaterstypically £1.2k–£1.8k
In the order the certificate lists them (usually cheapest and most effective first). Costs are the median of the ranges quoted on certificates across England and Wales, not quotes for this home. Grants may help: check the government's home energy grants service.
What's it worth with your changes?
Sale records can't see extensions, conversions or condition. Tell us what's changed since 2012 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£150k
Likely£161k
High£172k
Starting value (our estimate)£161k
Range includes ±7% for the estimate itself. Effects are typical ranges, not this home's: a surveyor or local agent who sees it will do better. Work done before 2012 is already in the price. Evidence: of 573,662 homes we saw extended on their energy certificates (median +30 m²), the 123,110 that sold before and after grew a median 10.9% more than their neighbourhood: about a third of the extra space at the home's average price per m².
The home
Type
Flat (end-terrace)
Tenure
Leasehold
Floor area
42 m² (452 sq ft), 2 habitable rooms
Built
1983-1990
Main heating fuel
electricity
Sales since 1995
£37k (1997) → £91k (2003) → £105k (2012)
The estimate moves the last sale in line with the neighbourhood's like-for-like price index. It can't see extensions, condition or the market for this particular home: it is not a valuation.
A £1,533B £1,789C £2,045D £2,300E £2,811F £3,322G £3,834H £4,600
From the 2023 energy certificate, rescaled to 2026 gas and electricity prices (approximate national averages). Appliances, cooking and standing charges are not included; actual bills depend on how you live.
Getting about
Nearest station
Chelmsford, 2.2 km (busiest route: London Liverpool Street)
Central London
50 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
10 min by public transport · 8 by car
Town centre
21 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
3% of local workers · 40% mostly work from home
Airport
London Southend, 23 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 11 min
A&E
Southend University Hospital, 24 km (CQC: Requires improvement)
Top-rated primaries
Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford (1 km), Perryfields Junior School (1.4 km)
Top-rated secondaries
Chelmsford County High School for Girls (2.2 km), The Beaulieu Park School (2.3 km), King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (2.4 km)
Eating out
12 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£1,059 a month for a 1-bedroom home in Chelmsford (2026-08)
Gross yield
7.9% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated D: meets the current E minimum
Council-wide average rents (ONS Price Index of Private Rents); bedrooms estimated from the certificate's habitable rooms. Before costs, voids, tax and mortgage interest.
Planning and development
Conservation area
not in one (postcode check)
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
3 sites, about 202 homes planned
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
2 other homes on Henniker Gate (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2022
Company landlords
3.1% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
2 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
LeaseholdAsk for the years left on the lease (under about 85 is a warning sign for lenders), the ground rent and how it rises, service charges for the last three years, any planned major works, and who the freeholder and managing agent are.
Flat in a blockAsk about the building's fire safety and cladding (an EWS1 form if the block is 11 m or taller), the reserve fund, and any restrictions on subletting, pets or alterations.
Development planned nearbyThe council's brownfield register lists 1 site of 50+ homes in this neighbourhood (largest: Essex Police HQ and Sports Ground New Court Road Chelmsford, 200 homes). Look up planning applications for anything near you.
For every purchaseCommission a survey suited to the home's age and condition, check the title plan matches what you see on the ground (boundaries, access, parking), and ask about disputes with neighbours, rights of way and shared drives.