50 Brownlea Gardens, Ilford, IG3 9NL
About 50 Brownlea Gardens
50 Brownlea Gardens is a two-bedroom detached house in Ilford (IG3 9NL). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£764/sq ft) was about 129.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 22 EPCs). Last sale on file: £650,000 in June 2022. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolish rear conservatory. Single storey rear extension. Alterations to roof to create three dormers. One rear roof light. Alterations to fenestrations. (Amended Description). (summary)
- Council
- Neighbourhood CIL Area - East, BC Area 2 East (KP)
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 3118/22
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£680,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 June 2022Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IG3 9NL: £615,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in IG3 9NL
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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 Brownlea Gardens homes
On price per m², 50 Brownlea Gardens stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£8,228
Street avg £4,115
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
Meldrum Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Mayespark Primary School. 59 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB