Wish Cottage, Avey Lane, High Beech, Loughton, IG10 4AB
About Wish Cottage
Wish Cottage is a detached house in High Beech, Loughton, Loughton (IG10 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 312 m² (around 3358 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £2,547,000 is 10.7% above the 2019 sale price. Most recent transfer: June 2019 at £2,300,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Wish Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Wish Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
£2,547,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£2,300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 June 2019Most recent
£2,300,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in IG10 4AB: £250,000 (2022–2013).
Everything we know about Wish Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.8 km
Cemetry — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
High Beech CofE Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB