1 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE
About 1 Legard Road
1 Legard Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Islington, London, London (N5 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,738,000 is 12.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£900/sq ft) was about 85.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,550,000 in September 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Legard Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Dec 2015ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a rear roof extension over the back addition.
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- P2015/4192/COLP
- Sept 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Erection of Roof Extension onto Existing Rear Outrigger
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- P2015/3389/FUL
What's in 1 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Legard Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2009.
£1,738,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 13 years.
£1,550,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
13 September 2022Most recent
£1,550,000
+169.6%over 13 years23 July 2009
£575,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in N5 1DE: £1,645,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in N5 1DE
29 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE
Sold Aug 2025
£1,680,00020 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE
Sold May 2025
£750,00015 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE
Sold Jun 2023
£1,875,00033 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE
Sold Mar 2023
£1,645,00014 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE
Sold Sept 2022
£1,625,000
Everything we know about 1 Legard Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Legard Road homes
1 Legard Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,688
Street avg £9,035
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Riversdale Road / Blackstock Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School. 96 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB