8 Cheltenham Gardens, Loughton, IG10 3AW

8 Cheltenham Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 3AW). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 137 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 top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2004–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £765,000 is 19.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 47.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2019 at £640,000.