1 Berens Road, Brent, London, NW10 5DX

1 Berens Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Brent, London, London (NW10 5DX). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 17.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,154,000 sits 68.5% above the 2007 sale of £685,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 15.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.