5 Elmbank Avenue, Barnet, EN5 3DU
About 5 Elmbank Avenue
5 Elmbank Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Barnet (EN5 3DU). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£761/sq ft) was about 100.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 9 EPCs). Sold February 2022 for £655,000. 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
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Elmbank Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension. Roof extension involving hip to gable, rear dormer 2no front facing rooflights and new side gable window. Changes to fenestration
- Agent
- John Perrin & Sons Ltd
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/3066/192
- Jun 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with proposed depth of 6 m depth, width of 6.1 m, and maximum height of 3.2 metres
- Agent
- John Perrin & Sons Ltd
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/2471/PNH
What's in 5 Elmbank Avenue, Barnet, EN5 3DU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
5 Elmbank Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£688,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 24 years.
£655,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
9 February 2022Most recent
£655,000
+96.7%over 14 years11 January 2008
£333,000
+183.4%over 9 years30 January 1998
£117,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EN5 3DU: £565,000 (2023–2016).
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Versus other Elmbank Avenue homes
5 Elmbank Avenue outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,188
Street avg £5,587
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Barnet Hospital A&E Department — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Whitings Hill Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB