Chestnut Cottage, Woodside, Thornwood, Epping, CM16 6LF

Chestnut Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in Thornwood, Epping, Epping (CM16 6LF). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a loft. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £568,000 is 47% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£413/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in April 2014.