1 The Drive, New Barnet, Barnet, EN5 1DZ

1 The Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in New Barnet, Barnet, Barnet (EN5 1DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 282 m² (around 3035 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 282 m² the property is well over the postcode median (213 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,279,000 sits 422% above the 1997 sale of £245,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 52.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2011.