Red Lodge, Witham Road, Langford, Maldon, CM9 4ST

Red Lodge is a two-bedroom detached house in Langford, Maldon, Maldon (CM9 4ST). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced Maldon HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £837,000 is 13.6% below the 2013 sale of £969,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,233/sq ft) was about 517% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (165 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 13 years since the last transfer (April 2013).