Bell Cottage, High Road, Epping, CM16 4DQ

Bell Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Epping (CM16 4DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £1,214,000 is 22% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£522/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2020 at £995,000.