2 St Leonards Gardens, Ilford, IG1 2PH

2 St Leonards Gardens is an end-of-terrace house in Ilford (IG1 2PH). It has a recorded floor area of 16 m² (around 172 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band D. At 16 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (16–128 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (75 versus a worst of 47). The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good.

At 16 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,990/sq ft) was about 1722.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £515,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.