Flat 5, 1 Long Street, London, E2 8GS
About Flat 5
Flat 5 is a semi-detached house in London (E2 8GS). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft). The latest certificate (April 2019) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. At 118 m² this is the 14th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 70 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£984/sq ft) was about 16.9% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Flat 5's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Flat 5 has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,255,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 July 2022Most recent
£1,250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in E2 8GS: £800,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in E2 8GS
Everything we know about Flat 5, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Long Street homes
Flat 5 outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£10,593
Street avg £12,738
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 73 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.3 t/year
Street avg 0.9 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 5 years
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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
0.1 km
Hoxton Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Virginia Primary School. 113 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.7dB