Flat 5, 3 Long Street, London, E2 8GS
About Flat 5
Flat 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in London (E2 8GS). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft). There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. At 52 m² this is the 4th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2019) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
Today's modelled estimate of £542,000 is 14% below the 2021 sale of £630,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. At 52 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 70 EPCs). Last sale on file: £630,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- ParkingOff street
- Swimming poolYes
Building
- ConciergeYes
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.
£542,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£630,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£630,000
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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- Will it hold its value?

Versus other Long Street homes
Flat 5 outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£12,115
Street avg £12,716
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.6 t/year
Street avg 0.9 t/year
Years Held
5 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