Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell house prices are built from 133 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 15 Aug 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £425,000. Across the 10 years from 2011 to 2021 the median moved +90.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +56.6%.
Median price paid
£425,000
Change in cash, 2011–2021
+90.0%
Change in real terms
+56.6%
Median per m²
£4,378
HM Land Registry133 sales15 with floor areaLatest sale 15 Aug 2025
Section 01
How Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2021. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £133,500 | £296,433 |
| 2000s | 4 | £223,000 | £406,240 |
| 2010s | 6 | £615,000 | £867,150 |
| 2020s | 1 | £760,000 | £776,522 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell is £760,000 in 2021; the lowest is £130,000 in 1996. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £130,000 to £760,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £282,000, so the real change over the whole record is +240.5% — about +5.02% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +90.0% in cash against +56.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 15 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £730,000 | £745,870 |
| 46 | 5 Dec 2024 | Detached | £1,205,000 | £1,267,948 |
| 35 | 22 Nov 2024 | Detached | £751,500 | £790,757 |
| 35 | 4 Nov 2024 | Detached | £751,500 | £790,757 |
| 28 | 9 Aug 2024 | Detached | £945,000 | £994,366 |
| 120 | 27 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £610,000 | £659,080 |
| 9 | 24 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £750,000 | £810,345 |
| 6 | 1 Aug 2023 | Detached | £775,000 | £837,356 |
| 50 | 22 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £717,500 | £775,230 |
| 42 | 28 Oct 2022 | Detached | £815,000 | £944,248 |
| 25 | 24 Aug 2022 | Detached | £980,000 | £1,135,415 |
| 6 | 8 Aug 2022 | Detached | £375,000 | £434,470 |
| 74 | 18 Feb 2022 | Detached | £900,000 | £1,042,728 |
| 38 | 5 Nov 2021 | Detached | £810,000 | £1,023,387 |
| 51 | 30 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £760,000 | £960,215 |
| 74 | 6 Aug 2021 | Detached | £645,000 | £814,919 |
| 94 | 27 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £830,000 | £1,048,656 |
| 102 | 14 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £440,000 | £555,914 |
| 54 | 24 Feb 2021 | Detached | £645,000 | £814,919 |
| 23 | 8 Feb 2021 | Detached | £975,000 | £1,231,855 |
| 83 | 17 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £435,000 | £563,223 |
| 69 | 19 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £700,000 | £906,336 |
| 78 | 10 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £582,645 |
| 122 | 13 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £447,500 | £579,408 |
| 33 | 15 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £735,500 | £962,018 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 Lechmere Avenue | £635,000 (2016) | £1,205,000 (2024) | +8.3% | +4.6% |
| 35 Lechmere Avenue | £326,500 (2006) | £751,500 (2024) | +4.7% | +1.7% |
| 28 Lechmere Avenue | £132,900 (1995) | £945,000 (2024) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| 120 Lechmere Avenue | £85,950 (1996) | £610,000 (2023) | +7.5% | +4.8% |
| 6 Lechmere Avenue | £375,000 (2022) | £775,000 (2023) | +106.7% | +92.7% |
| 42 Lechmere Avenue | £450,000 (2006) | £815,000 (2022) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| 25 Lechmere Avenue | £228,000 (1998) | £980,000 (2022) | +6.3% | +3.7% |
| 74 Lechmere Avenue | £167,500 (1998) | £900,000 (2022) | +7.3% | +4.7% |
| 51 Lechmere Avenue | £492,500 (2014) | £760,000 (2021) | +6.4% | +4.5% |
| 94 Lechmere Avenue | £499,999 (2011) | £830,000 (2021) | +5.2% | +3.2% |
| 54 Lechmere Avenue | £130,000 (1996) | £645,000 (2021) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
| 83 Lechmere Avenue | £150,000 (2013) | £435,000 (2020) | +16.4% | +14.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 68 | 51.1% | £320,000 | £85,950 – £830,000 |
| Detached | 53 | 39.8% | £450,000 | £130,000 – £1,205,000 |
| Terraced | 12 | 9.0% | £492,500 | £150,000 – £780,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 133 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 133 | 100.0% | £425,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.8% | £225,000 |
| Existing home | 132 | 99.2% | £430,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -47.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 4 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell sits above that national figure — +169.8%.
Within Chigwell the street ranks 73 of 205 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £285,000 (+49.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,378 per square metre, across 15 of the 133 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £85,950 to £1,205,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Manford Way£192,750 median
- Manor Road£425,000 median
- Brocket Way£192,750 median
- Limes Avenue£165,000 median
- High Road£750,000 median
- Trotwood£117,500 median
- Burrow Road£194,998 median
- Long Green£181,000 median
- Copperfield£142,998 median
- Hainault Road£627,500 median
- Five Oaks Lane£427,500 median
- Arrowsmith Road£201,000 median
- Lambourne Road£287,500 median
- Hazelwood Park Close£185,000 median
- Karina Close£178,000 median
- The Bowls£330,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 28 Lechmere Avenue5 sales
- 35 Lechmere Avenue4 sales
- 120 Lechmere Avenue4 sales
- 78 Lechmere Avenue4 sales
- 77 Lechmere Avenue4 sales
- 74 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 54 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 83 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 69 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 122 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 33 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 80 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 60 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 70 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 3 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 86 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 15 Lechmere Avenue3 sales
- 46 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
- 6 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
- 42 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
- 25 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
- 51 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
- 94 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
- 118 Lechmere Avenue2 sales
Back to Chigwell house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell?
The median price paid in Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell across every sale on the register is £425,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell?
133 sales are on record for Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell, the most recent completing on 15 Aug 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +90.0% between 2011 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +56.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £760,000, set in 2021. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell?
£4,378 per square metre, from the 15 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 15 Aug 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.