First Floor Flat, 3 Highbury Gardens, Ilford, IG3 8AB
About First Floor Flat
First Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Ilford (IG3 8AB). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2021.
At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £203,000 is 35.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £150,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
First Floor Flat's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2017Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion with rear dormer to first floor flat (summary).
- Council
- DC South Team/South RPC , X BC Area 2 South East (AMF)
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 1252/17
- Apr 2013Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion with rear dormer.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 0445/13
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£203,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG3 8AB: £305,000 (2022–1996).
Everything we know about First Floor Flat, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Aldborough Road South Seven Kings — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Ark Isaac Newton Academy. 62 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.9dB