23 Grange Crescent, Chigwell, IG7 5JB

23 Grange Crescent is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Chigwell (IG7 5JB). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1404 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 50). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.

Held since March 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 130 m² it's 27.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (179 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £881,000 sits 66.2% above the 2010 sale of £530,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 26.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.