5 Cheltenham Gardens, Loughton, IG10 3AW

5 Cheltenham Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 3AW). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 443 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 41 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–137 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 24 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £314,000 sits 57% above the 2011 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£452/sq ft) was about 53.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 23 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.