1 Dorchester Road, Northolt, UB5 4PA

1 Dorchester Road is a semi-detached house in Northolt (UB5 4PA). It has a recorded floor area of 186 m² (around 2002 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 1998 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 186 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £744,000 sits 451.1% above the 1998 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 76.9% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.