5 Dawlish Drive, Ilford, IG3 9ED
About 5 Dawlish Drive
5 Dawlish Drive is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ilford (IG3 9ED). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £764,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 57% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £675,000 in March 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Utility roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 Dawlish Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Apr 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Dawlish Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2020ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with a depth of 6.00 metres, highest point of 2.95 metres and height at the eaves of 2.95 metres.
- Council
- X BC Area 2 South East (AMF)
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 1651/20
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Dawlish Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£764,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 4 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
31 March 2021Most recent
£675,000
+8.0%over 4 years4 January 2017
£625,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG3 9ED: £550,000 (2025–2022).
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area

Versus other Dawlish Drive homes
On epc rating, 5 Dawlish Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £3,367
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Eton Road / South Park Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Loxford School. 67 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB