2 Monks Avenue, Barnet, EN5 1DB

2 Monks Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Barnet (EN5 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 233 m² (around 2508 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 233 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 74.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,080,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.