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Get started14 Defoe Road is a detached house in Hackney, London, London (N16 0EG). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 1.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,114/sq ft) was about 161.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 28 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. Sold July 2022 for £1,475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
14 Defoe Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Latest sale on 14 Defoe Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,600,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.4% per year over 5 years.
£1,475,000
Growth on file: 1.4% per year over 5 years.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Abney Park — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
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22 July 2022Most recent
£1,475,000
+7.3%over 4 years16 August 2017
£1,375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in N16 0EG: £520,000 (2025–2021).
Flanders House Flat 24 12 Defoe Road Hackney London
Sold Oct 2025
Flanders House Flat 17 12 Defoe Road Hackney London
Sold Mar 2024
Flanders House Flat 22 12 Defoe Road Hackney London
Sold Jul 2023
Flanders House Flat 3 12 Defoe Road Hackney London
Sold Mar 2023
Flanders House Flat 20 12 Defoe Road Hackney London
Sold Jun 2021
N16 0NP
Closest school
0.3 km
William Patten Primary School. 93 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.5dB
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