23 Hornbeam Close, Northolt, UB5 4DE
About 23 Hornbeam Close
23 Hornbeam Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Northolt (UB5 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in December 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 sits 386% above the 1997 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 27.8% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
23 Hornbeam Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Planning history
23 Hornbeam Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
17applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
23 Hornbeam Close's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£243,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£50,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 December 1997Most recent
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in UB5 4DE: £360,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in UB5 4DE
Versus other Hornbeam Close homes
EPC Rating for 23 Hornbeam Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,351
Street avg £3,380
Floor Area
37 m²
Street avg 44 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Islip Manor High School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Islip Manor High School. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB







