7 Barncroft Green, Loughton, IG10 3ET

7 Barncroft Green is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Loughton (IG10 3ET). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2022. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 57 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£758/sq ft) was about 152.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £465,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.