172 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EG

172 Forest Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 1EG). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £648,000 is 17.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£616/sq ft) was about 64.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £550,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.