20 Chigwell Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6AB

20 Chigwell Rise is a five-bedroom detached house in Chigwell (IG7 6AB). It has a recorded floor area of 273 m² (around 2939 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,381,000 is 22.2% below the 2024 sale of £1,775,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£604/sq ft) was about 58.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 273 m² the property is well over the postcode median (176 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold November 2024 for £1,775,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.