2 Highlands Gardens, Ilford, IG1 3LD

2 Highlands Gardens is a mid-terrace house in Ilford (IG1 3LD). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Held since November 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £892,000 sits 89.8% above the 2005 sale of £470,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 32.1% below the postcode norm. 10 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 7 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.