Ground Floor Flat, 21 Balfour Road, London, N5 2HB
About Ground Floor Flat
Ground Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in London (N5 2HB). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £562,500 in June 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,112/sq ft) was about 129.3% 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 performance
Ground Floor Flat'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jan 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Ground Floor Flat has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£578,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 23 years.
£562,500
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
9 June 2022Most recent
£562,500
+9.2%over 7 years23 April 2015
£515,000
+94.3%over 8 years19 October 2006
£265,000
+35.9%over 5 years3 September 2001
£195,000
+30.0%over 2 years11 July 1999
£149,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in N5 2HB: £1,185,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in N5 2HB
13a, Balfour Road, Islington, London, N5 2HB
Sold Dec 2024
£700,0005 Balfour Road, Islington, London, N5 2HB
Sold Sept 2024
£3,100,0004b, Balfour Road, London, N5 2HB
Sold Aug 2024
£1,060,00031a, Balfour Road, Islington, London, N5 2HB
Sold Nov 2023
£1,185,000Top Floor Flat, 21 Balfour Road, London, N5 2HB
Sold Jun 2021
£1,255,000
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Versus other Balfour Road homes
On habitable rooms, Ground Floor Flat runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£11,968
Street avg £7,256
Floor Area
47 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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
Balfour Road / Lexfield House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The London Screen Academy. 99 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB