24 Dabbs Hill Lane, Northolt, UB5 4AE

24 Dabbs Hill Lane is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Northolt (UB5 4AE). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£502/sq ft) was about 116.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £535,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.