48a, Cowley Road, Ilford, IG1 3JL

48a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ilford (IG1 3JL). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 72 m² this is the 16th smallest of 48 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–187 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 48 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2013. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 47 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: June 2020 at £294,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 19.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 62.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.