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15 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE

4 sales on record3 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
131 m²
1410 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 50
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 15 Legard Road

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

15 Legard Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Islington, London, London (N5 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2016. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

Across 1996–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,572,000 is 16.2% below the 2023 sale of £1,875,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,330/sq ft) was about 174% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 131 m² it's 27.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 34 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2023 at £1,875,000.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • CloakroomYes

Outside

  • Private gardenSouth-west-facing

Building

  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

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

15 Legard Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jan 2023

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Jan 2023from Oct 2016
Heating Controls
FullProg + Stat

Heating controls changed

Windows
SinglePartial Double

Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing

Low Energy Lighting
0%100%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 15 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

15 Legard Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.

  1. Apr 2022
    Loft ConversionFull
    In report

    Construction of a pitched roof with rear dormer extension and rooflights.

    Extension
    Documents
    9 docs on file
    Reference
    P2022/0387/FUL
    View planning record
  2. Oct 2019
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Rear of property

    Erection of a ground floor rear extension and enlargement of existing flank elevation window opening to provide bi-folding doors.

    Documents
    10 docs on file
    Reference
    P2019/2064/FUL
    View planning record

What's in 15 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE's planning history?

1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

Price for 15 Legard Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.

Current estimate

£1,572,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 27 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2023)

£1,875,000

Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 27 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 8 June 2023Most recent

    £1,875,000

    +80.3%over 5 years
  2. 18 June 2017

    £1,040,000

    +222.0%over 16 years
  3. 26 July 2000

    £323,000

    +123.2%over 4 years
  4. 25 July 1996

    £144,700

Median price across the last 5 sales in N5 1DE: £1,625,000 (2025–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Legard Road homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for 15 Legard Road lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£14,313

Street avg £8,778

Strongly above

Floor Area

131 m²

Street avg 125 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

7.2 t/year

Street avg 4.4 t/year

Strongly below
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

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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around N5 1DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for N5 1DE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

52.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for N5 1DE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.0dB

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 15 Legard Road, Islington, London, N5 1DE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.