42 Aldborough Road South, Ilford, IG3 8EX
About 42 Aldborough Road South
42 Aldborough Road South is a semi-detached house in Ilford (IG3 8EX). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £786,000 is 12.2% below the 2023 sale of £895,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£416/sq ft) was about 90.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2023 for £895,000.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
42 Aldborough Road South sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2025HMOFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Internal alterations to layout. Single storey rear extension. Change of use from a single dwelling house into a large HMO for 10 people. (Part Retrospective). (Summary).
- Council
- Neighbourhood CIL Area - East, BC Area 2 East (KP), DM Area - South/East, SANGS Catchment Zone - Roding Valley Park, SANGS Catchment Zone - Fairlop Waters Country Park
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- 1301/24
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 42 Aldborough Road South
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 42 Aldborough Road South was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£786,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£895,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 September 2023Most recent
£895,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG3 8EX: £194,358 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in IG3 8EX
72 Aldborough Road South, Ilford, IG3 8EX
Sold Aug 2023
£385,00056a, Aldborough Road South, Ilford, IG3 8EX
Sold Jan 2020
£10,000Flat 3, 56 Aldborough Road South, Ilford, IG3 8EX
Sold Jan 2020
£194,35852b, Aldborough Road South, Ilford, IG3 8EX
Sold Jan 2018
£40,00054b, Aldborough Road South, Ilford, IG3 8EX
Sold Oct 2017
£220,000
Everything we know about 42 Aldborough Road South, 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

Versus other Aldborough Road South homes
Years Held for 42 Aldborough Road South lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,475
Street avg £2,392
Floor Area
200 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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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
0.4 km
Wards Road/Aldborough Rd South — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Palmer Catholic Academy. 58 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB