7 Gurney Close, Barking, IG11 8JX

7 Gurney Close is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Barking (IG11 8JX). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in September 1999. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 sits 430.8% above the 1999 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 46% below the postcode norm. At 65 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 58 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count.