Arabin Cottage, Manor Road, High Beech, Loughton, IG10 4AD

Arabin Cottage is a detached house in High Beech, Loughton, Loughton (IG10 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2573 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £1,583,000 is 71.2% below the 2021 sale of £5,500,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,138/sq ft) was about 427.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 239 m² it's 23.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (314 m² median across 6 EPCs). Sold November 2021 for £5,500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.