1 Cobham Road, Ilford, IG3 9JW
About 1 Cobham Road
1 Cobham Road is an end-of-terrace house in Ilford (IG3 9JW). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.
At 73 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 24 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£566/sq ft) was about 212.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £445,000. 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
1 Cobham Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Planning history
1 Cobham Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- May 2017ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with a depth of 4.5 metres, highest point of 2.9 metres and height at the eaves of 2.65 metres.
- Council
- DC South Team/South RPC, X BC Area 2 South East (AMF)
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 1308/17
- Feb 2017ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with a depth of 6 metres, highest point of 2.9 metres and height at the eaves of 2.65 metres.
- Council
- DC South Team/South RPC , X BC Area 2 South East (AMF)
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 0055/17
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Cobham Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£408,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 24 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£445,000
+559.3%over 23 years19 December 1997
£67,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG3 9JW: £300,000 (2024–2014).
Everything we know about 1 Cobham Road, 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
Versus other Cobham Road homes
1 Cobham Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,096
Street avg £2,666
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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
0.2 km
South Park Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
South Park Primary School. 64 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
52.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB