7 Longfield, Loughton, IG10 4EE

7 Longfield is a six-bedroom detached house in Loughton (IG10 4EE). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2820 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The home occupies a corner plot.

At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£550/sq ft) was about 34.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,550,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.