Elm Lodge, Wellington Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AG

Elm Lodge is a three-bedroom detached house in Loughton (IG10 4AG). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 123 m² it sits well below the postcode median (177 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 10 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £975,000 is 38.3% above the 2021 sale price. Sold August 2021 for £705,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.