78 Forest Road, Loughton, IG10 1EQ

78 Forest Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Loughton (IG10 1EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£762/sq ft) was about 81.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 59 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 17 EPCs). Last sale on file: £484,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.