Highfield Lodge, Church Lane, Heckfield, Hook, RG27 0LG

Highfield Lodge is a detached house in Heckfield, Hook, Hook (RG27 0LG). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,022,000 is 41.9% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 62.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 175 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (207 m² median across 8 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.