Dovecote Barn, Coopersale Lane, Theydon Garnon, Epping, CM16 7NU

Dovecote Barn is a detached house in Theydon Garnon, Epping, Epping (CM16 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 57), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,177,000 is 18.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£540/sq ft) was about 43.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £994,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.