Tree Tops, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, IG10 4AL

Tree Tops is a detached house in Loughton (IG10 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 12 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. 7 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£700/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £550,000.