279 City Road, Islington, London, EC1V 1LA

279 City Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Islington, London, London (EC1V 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity. At 36 m² this is the 5th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 30 units on file.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in August 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £469,000 sits 157% above the 1996 sale of £182,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£471/sq ft) was about 25.7% below the postcode norm. At 36 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 56 EPCs).