3 Algers Close, Loughton, IG10 4NH

3 Algers Close is a semi-detached house in Loughton (IG10 4NH). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 69 m² this is the 15th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 56–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (23 versus a best of 73).

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in October 2002. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 sits 219.1% above the 2002 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 52.2% below the postcode norm.