5 Cedar Park, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 5AL

5 Cedar Park is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chigwell (IG7 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£731/sq ft) was about 179.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (162 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Sold June 2021 for £685,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.