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17b, Digby Crescent, Hackney, London, N4 2HS

3 sales on record
Property type
Detached
Floor 1st
Habitable rooms
3
From EPC
Floor area
43 m²
461 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 76
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 17b

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

17b is a detached house in Hackney, London, London (N4 2HS). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 461 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–287 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 40 units on file. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 100 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 29.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £796,000 is 47.4% above the 2002 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,172/sq ft) was about 191.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

17b's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Oct 2019

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C76
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
1.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 17b, Digby Crescent, Hackney, London, N4 2HS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

17b has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

4applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

17b has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.

Current estimate

£796,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 29.9% per year over 6 years.

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Last sold (2002)

£540,000

Growth on file: 29.9% per year over 6 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 3 October 2002Most recent

    £540,000

    +369.6%over 5 years
  2. 14 October 1996

    £115,000

    +9.5%
  3. 27 June 1996

    £105,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in N4 2HS: £1,265,000 (2025–2023).

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On the street

Versus other Digby Crescent homes

Four headline reads against 88 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 17b runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£12,617

Street avg £7,171

Strongly above

Floor Area

43 m²

Street avg 62 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

1.8 t/year

Street avg 2.6 t/year

Above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the London district page.

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

15/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Brownswood Road / Green Lanes — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Parkwood Primary School. 93 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around N4 2HS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for N4 2HS

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for N4 2HS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

44.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 17b, Digby Crescent, Hackney, London, N4 2HS. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.