19 Forest Lane, Chigwell, IG7 5AF

19 Forest Lane is a seven-bedroom detached house in Chigwell (IG7 5AF). It has a recorded floor area of 572 m² (around 6157 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (September 2022) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£568/sq ft) was about 21.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 572 m² the property is well over the postcode median (352 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £3,500,000. 9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.