21 Bengal Road, Ilford, IG1 2EH

21 Bengal Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ilford (IG1 2EH). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 47 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (47–152 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 29 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (105 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 is 21.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 103.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £223,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.