17 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
About 17 Forest Grove
17 Forest Grove is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hackney, London, London (E8 3HX). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. At 96 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (44–96 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2022. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£663/sq ft) was about 81.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £685,000. 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
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
17 Forest Grove ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2022RenovationFullIn report
Removal, replacement and alteration of external window and door openings to the front and rear of the property at ground floor level.
New Windows- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 2022/0282
What's in 17 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£694,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.7% per year over 6 years.
£685,000
Growth on file: 1.7% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
8 June 2022Most recent
£685,000
+10.3%over 5 years18 August 2016
£621,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in E8 3HX: £685,000 (2021–2021).
Nearby sales in E8 3HX
31 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Nov 2021
£685,00021 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Jun 2021
£335,00040 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Mar 2021
£685,0001 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Mar 2021
£613,0008 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Jan 2021
£713,000
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Versus other Forest Grove homes
On years held, 17 Forest Grove runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,135
Street avg £6,575
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Richmond Road Dalston — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School. 111 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB