34 South Park Terrace, Ilford, IG1 1YA

34 South Park Terrace is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Ilford (IG1 1YA). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since October 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £533,000 sits 851.8% above the 1995 sale of £56,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 84% below the postcode norm. At 132 m² it's 25.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.