39 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EE
About 39 Forest Road
39 Forest Road is an end-of-terrace house in Loughton (IG10 1EE). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 63 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £649,950. Across the public record there are 4 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£958/sq ft) was about 189.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
39 Forest Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
39 Forest Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2021ConditionsIn report
Application for Approval of Details reserved by condition 3"documentary and photographic) details of the type and colours of the external finishes" for EPF/0635/21. (New conservatory with lean-to tiled roof and rooflights, grey uPVC windows and brick dwarf walls).
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/2101/21
- Apr 2021ConservatoryFullIn report
New conservatory with lean-to tiled roof and rooflights, grey uPVC windows and brick dwarf walls.
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- EPF/0635/21
What's in 39 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EE's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
39 Forest Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2015.
£692,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.3% per year over 6 years.
£649,950
Growth on file: 14.3% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
11 January 2021Most recent
£649,950
+36.8%over 2 years29 October 2018
£475,000
+14.5%over 1 year8 October 2017
£415,000
+33.9%over 2 years5 July 2015
£310,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG10 1EE: £577,500 (2025–2024).
Everything we know about 39 Forest Road, in one report
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Versus other Forest Road homes
39 Forest Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£10,317
Street avg £5,703
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Forest Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Staples Road Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB