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Get started12 Hows Mead is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in North Weald, Epping, Epping (CM16 6HB). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £737,000 is 10.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£490/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £665,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
12 Hows Mead has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval application for a 4.2 metre deep, single storey rear extension, height to eaves 3.0 metres and maximum overall height of 3.1 metres.
Latest sale on 12 Hows Mead was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£737,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 19 years.
£665,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 19 years.
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12 Hows Mead outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,278
Street avg £5,269
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded to triple glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed side first floor extension, internal alterations and replacement garage. Re-submission following refusal of EPF/1195/14.
1 more application for this property
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7 January 2022Most recent
£665,000
+101.5%over 19 years6 August 2002
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM16 6HB: £470,000 (2022–2017).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
CM16 6GA
Harvester — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Andrew's CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB