43 Swans Hope, Loughton, IG10 2NA

43 Swans Hope is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Loughton (IG10 2NA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 42nd smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–54 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good.

At 53 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold August 2022 for £312,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£547/sq ft) was about 106% above the typical sold price in the postcode.