5 Kendal Avenue, Epping, CM16 4PN

5 Kendal Avenue is a six-bedroom detached house in Epping (CM16 4PN). It has a recorded floor area of 406 m² (around 4370 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony and a basement.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £2,530,000 is 12.8% below the 2019 sale of £2,900,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£664/sq ft) was about 20.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 406 m² the property is well over the postcode median (172 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 12 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £2,900,000 in June 2019.