487 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG2 6ER

487 Cranbrook Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Ilford (IG2 6ER). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2022. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £877,000 is 14.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold June 2022 for £765,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.