1 Freston Gardens, Barnet, EN4 9LX

1 Freston Gardens is a five-bedroom detached house in Barnet (EN4 9LX). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 52). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since April 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 239 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,277,000 sits 52% above the 2009 sale of £840,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£327/sq ft) was about 36.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.