2 Cheltenham Gardens, Loughton, IG10 3AW

2 Cheltenham Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 3AW). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 719 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £534,000 sits 78% above the 2009 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£417/sq ft) was about 42% above the typical sold price in the postcode.