157 Dalston Lane, Hackney, London, E8 1AL

157 Dalston Lane is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hackney, London, London (E8 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in June 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £770,000 sits 161% above the 2007 sale of £295,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.