171 Globe Road, Tower Hamlets, London, E2 0LJ
About 171 Globe Road
171 Globe Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Tower Hamlets, London, London (E2 0LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since March 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 61 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £643,000 sits 920.6% above the 1995 sale of £63,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 67.5% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
171 Globe Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Feb 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
171 Globe Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
171 Globe Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£643,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£63,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 March 1995Most recent
£63,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in E2 0LJ: £485,000 (2024–2003).
Everything we know about 171 Globe Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Globe Road homes
171 Globe Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 55 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
11/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Portman Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bangabandhu Primary School. 117 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.8dB