79a, High Street, Waltham Cross, EN8 7AF

79a is a mid-terrace house in Waltham Cross (EN8 7AF). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). At 71 m² this is the 16th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 13–75 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 18 units on file.

Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 is 76.7% below the 2022 sale of £1,100,000, 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 (£1,439/sq ft) was about 154.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £1,100,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.