Summary - Cresseners, Chatham Hall Lane, Great Waltham CM3 1BZ
4 bed 3 bath Detached
Large mature plot with far-reaching valley views and redevelopment potential.
About 3,370 sq ft house plus barns and outbuildings
Cresseners is a substantial country house with generous outbuildings and a mature 1.28-acre plot, offered with no onward chain. The principal rooms and bedrooms face open farmland and the Chelmer valley, providing far-reaching rural views five miles from Chelmsford city. The property includes barns and extensive garden rooms, offering strong potential for restoration or redevelopment (STP).
The house requires comprehensive renovation: the EPC is rated F, the private drainage must be replaced with a compliant treatment plant (incoming purchaser responsibility), and the building has solid brick walls likely lacking insulation. Heating is oil-fired via boiler and radiators; broadband speeds are very slow. Council tax is in a high band and local crime levels are above average.
For buyers seeking a significant project or development opportunity, this site offers scope—either sympathetic restoration of a period country house or redevelopment subject to planning. Viewers should allow time and budget for extensive works, utilities upgrades, drainage replacement and modernisation to realise the property's full potential.
Offers are invited by noon on 15th August. This is a rare chance to secure a large, discreet plot close to Chelmsford with immediate access to countryside living and strong links to local schools and transport.
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