297b, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1AL

297b is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. At 65 m² this is the 11th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 55–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sold October 2022 for £240,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 is 24.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 101.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.