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Buying at IG1 3EX

Before you offer on a home at IG1 3EX: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £575k. In Ilford North West.

1 to check4 clear£575k typical on The Drive

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
Note
Busy road: A118, 880 m awayAbout 43,671 vehicles a day in 2016 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£575ktypical sale on The Drive, last 10 years

£4,485typical price per m² in Ilford North West

£430–£3,880per m² for homes at IG1 3EX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,485 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £404k. Homes at IG1 3EX have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Ilford North West

Ilford North West

+56% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Semi-detached	3	£642k	£637k – £750k
Terraced	16	£565k	£233k – £935k
Flat	25	£250k	£88k – £605k

Standard sales in Ilford North West. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

17sales on The Drive in the last two years

44sales in Ilford North West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at IG1 3EX

Home	Last sold	Floor area
Flat 1, 1, The DriveFlat	£140,000, May 2003	–	Buyer's report →
1b, The DriveFlat	£87,500, Aug 2013	36 m²	Buyer's report →
1c, The DriveFlat	£58,995, Aug 1999	44 m²	Buyer's report →
Flat 3, 3, The DriveFlat	£167,000, Mar 2004	–	Buyer's report →
3a, The DriveFlat	£155,000, Jul 2006	46 m²	Buyer's report →
3b, The DriveFlat	£128,000, Nov 2014	39 m²	Buyer's report →
3c, The DriveFlat	£175,000, Feb 2005	51 m²	Buyer's report →
5, The DriveOther	£30,000, May 2020	70 m²	Buyer's report →
5a, The DriveFlat	£268,500, Jun 2017	130 m²	Buyer's report →
5b, The DriveFlat	£260,000, May 2017

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Buying at IG1 3EX

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £575k. In Ilford North West.

1 to check4 clear£575k typical on The Drive

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Busy road: A118, 880 m awayAbout 43,671 vehicles a day in 2016 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£575ktypical sale on The Drive, last 10 years

£4,485typical price per m² in Ilford North West

£430–£3,880per m² for homes at IG1 3EX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,485 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £404k. Homes at IG1 3EX have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Ilford North West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£231k	£171k	£1,400 a month	7.3%
2 beds	£313k	£274k	£1,900 a month	7.3%
3 beds	£531k	£447k	£2,000 a month	4.5%
4+ beds	£804k	£616k	£2,810 a month	4.2%
All homes	£400k	£269k	£1,530 a month	4.6%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places