40 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
About 40 Forest Grove
40 Forest Grove is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hackney, London, London (E8 3HX). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 92 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 a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£692/sq ft) was about 58.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £685,000 in March 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
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Parkingoff_street
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
40 Forest Grove's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Feb 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
40 Forest Grove has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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.
£685,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£685,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in E8 3HX: £685,000 (2022–2021).
Nearby sales in E8 3HX
17 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Jun 2022
£685,00031 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Nov 2021
£685,00021 Forest Grove, Hackney, London, E8 3HX
Sold Jun 2021
£335,0001 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
40 Forest Grove outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,446
Street avg £6,546
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 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