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Get started33 Lechmere Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chigwell (IG7 5HA). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £811,000 is 10.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£751/sq ft) was about 77% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 10 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2019 at £735,500.
33 Lechmere Avenue's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Oct 2023
A a loft conversion application was refused at 33 Lechmere Avenue in 2022.
Loft conversion with front and rear dormer
33 Lechmere Avenue has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£811,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 16 years.
£735,500
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 16 years.
On floor area, 33 Lechmere Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£8,082
Street avg £5,312
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Linkside — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Certificate of lawful development for a proposed hip to gable room extension and roof dormer in connection with a loft conversion.
8 more applications for this property
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15 November 2019Most recent
£735,500
+56.5%over 5 years1 May 2014
£470,000
+57.2%over 10 years5 September 2003
£299,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG7 5HA: £751,500 (2024–2021).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
IG7 5HQ
Closest school
0.6 km
Limes Farm Junior School. 23 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB
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