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Get startedMountfort House is a detached house in Islington, London, London (N1 1JL). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 73 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Mountfort House (73–198 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 5 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £681,000 is 19.4% below the 2021 sale of £845,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 73 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 30 EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £845,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Mar 2026
Mountfort House has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
Front Garden: 1 x Magnolia tree - Reduce in over long branches up to 1 metre back into crown line. Lift to 2.5 metres over footpath. 1 x Liquidambar tree - Fell and replace with a size 14/16cm girth broadleaf tree (at 1m) to be planted anywhere within the front garden that allows the tree to flourish
Mountfort House has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£681,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 24 years.
£845,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 24 years.
Habitable Rooms for Mountfort House lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£11,575
Street avg £12,816
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Hemingford Arms — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.0dB

Conversion of existing two room office space with adjoining toilet/kitchen & entrance corridor into one bedroom flat. Redecoration and refurbishment works to common entrance hall.
4 more applications for this property
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29 November 2021Most recent
£845,000
+604.2%over 24 years18 July 1997
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in N1 1JL: £1,650,000 (2025–2024).
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CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
N1 1QP
Closest school
0.1 km
Thornhill Primary School. 98 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB
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