8 Ashley Grove, Staples Road, Loughton, IG10 1HS

8 Ashley Grove is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Loughton (IG10 1HS). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £550,500. Across the public record there are 6 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. At 111 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 6 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£461/sq ft) was about 89.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.