21 Forest Way, Loughton, IG10 1JG

21 Forest Way is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 1JG). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 697 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2011 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £506,000 sits 68.7% above the 2011 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 27.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 65 m² it's 27.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 10 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.