2 Preston Gardens, Ilford, IG1 3QG

2 Preston Gardens is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Ilford (IG1 3QG). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in July 1999. 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 £625,000 sits 388.3% above the 1999 sale of £128,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 71.2% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 130 m² it's 16% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 19 EPCs).