Cookes Lodge, Flat 3, New Road, Burnham On Crouch, CM0 8EU

Cookes Lodge is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Burnham On Crouch (CM0 8EU). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Cookes Lodge (45–56 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 10 years since the last transfer (March 2016). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 27.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.