8b, Electric Parade, Seven Kings Road, Ilford, IG3 8BY

8b is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ilford (IG3 8BY). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 134% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (July 2017). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.