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These are 15 real BackStory reports on real UK flats. We've removed the address, unit and owner details — but every flag, figure and verdict is exactly what a buyer receives. Open one and read it as if it were the flat you're considering.

Freehold house

Old Isleworth, TW7

Hounslow, London
6.6
/ 10
Est. value£760k–£820k

A genuinely large freehold Victorian at Isleworth prices with St Margarets on the doorstep — priced off floor area into a street that's already rejected the asking twice, with the flight path and a school catchment that caps who bids against you.

  • Heathrow flight path
  • No Outstanding school nearby
  • Extension paperwork unverified
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2-bed leasehold flat

Acton, W3

Ealing, London
5.9
/ 10
Est. value£460k–£500k

A ~6.5% yield on a modern EPC-B two-bed with 244 years left — sitting on a block that is mid-way through stripping its cladding, so who pays for that work is the whole decision.

  • Live cladding remediation
  • Mortgageability risk
  • Flat since 2019
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Share-of-freehold flat

Hatton Garden, EC1N

Clerkenwell, London
6.2
/ 10
Est. value£1.00M–£1.15M

A residents-owned freehold on a ~994-year lease in a scarce warehouse conversion, guided 29% below its 2015 price — but a 2020 cladding flag has to be definitively closed out before that discount means anything.

  • 2020 fire-safety flag
  • £8,295 service charge
  • Commercial unit below
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Share-of-freehold flat

Hoxton, N1

Hackney, London
6.7
/ 10
Est. value£850k–£900k

A rare Grade II* Georgian conversion on a ~999-year lease with no ground rent — undone by an EPC that can't legally clear D, in a listing where the fix the assessor wants most is the one the heritage consent is least likely to allow.

  • EPC capped at D
  • Grade II* restrictions
  • No sale history in block
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Freehold house

East Sheen, SW14

Richmond upon Thames, London
7.4
/ 10
Est. value£1.55M–£1.70M

A scarce freehold detached house on the largest plot in its postcode — priced for the location and the land, not the ~3% yield, so the deal turns on what the council will let you build and a flood-risk answer the sources don't agree on.

  • Sub-4% gross yield
  • Conflicting flood-risk data
  • Heathrow flight path
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Leasehold flat

Marylebone, W1U

Westminster, London
7.6
/ 10
Est. value£560k–£610k

Roughly 950 years left, no ground rent and a resident-run building steps from Baker Street — but an EPC of F means it can't legally be let today, and getting it to the 2030 minimum on a solid-walled top floor won't be quick or cheap.

  • EPC F — unlettable now
  • 2030 EPC deadline
  • No lift, 4th floor
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2-bed leasehold flat

Bermondsey, SE1

Southwark, London
7.2
/ 10
Est. value£650k–£720k

Prime Zone 1 outside the Congestion Charge zone, on 999-year leases — but the block has a roof-leak history, an unconfirmed managing agent, and one recent sale that undercuts every model by £115k.

  • Roof-leak history
  • Service charge to £5k+
  • Agent unconfirmed
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2-bed share-of-freehold flat

Regent's Park, NW1

Camden, London
6.5
/ 10
Est. value£525,000

A gated mews buffered from the noise but on top of Zone 1's best transport — where the share of freehold turns out to be resident-run in name only, and HS2 has years left to run.

  • RMC not resident-run
  • HS2 works to 2027+
  • Growth lagged 19 yrs
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3-bed leasehold flat

Maida Vale / Kilburn, NW6

Brent, London
7.2
/ 10
Est. value£700k–£800k

A modern EPC-B three-bed on a ~250-year lease with a genuine ~5.6% yield — underwrite it on the rent, because the block's own comps have gone sideways since 2018.

  • 2016-era ground rent
  • ~£3.8k service charge
  • Heat-network costs
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2-bed leasehold flat

Swiss Cottage, NW3

Camden, London
5.2
/ 10
Est. value£1.02M–£1.15M

Genuinely strong location and amenities — but the whole decision turns on a £550k block fire-safety bill that has to be resolved before any number means anything.

  • £550k fire-safety bill
  • Sub-90-year lease
  • Mortgageability
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Period conversion

Queen's Park, W10

Westminster edge, London
6.4
/ 10
Est. value£600k–£615k

A yield flat, not a growth asset: a 151-year lease and a Zone 2 station at 200m, but prices flat since 2019 and a live EPC-E letting risk from 2030.

  • EPC E → 2030 risk
  • Flat capital growth
  • Small informal block
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1-bed garden flat

West Norwood, SE27

Gipsy Hill, London
5.6
/ 10
Est. value£320k–£340k

Well-presented and well-connected — but it backs onto an active railway, and that one fact drives the noise, a resale discount and subsidence risk.

  • Backs onto railway
  • EPC D → 2030 cliff
  • Title unconfirmed
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Victorian conversion flat

Telegraph Hill, SE4

Lewisham, London
Est. value£460,000

Outstanding schools and superb transport in a settled, owner-occupied pocket — but the lease terms, floor area and its own EPC are all still unconfirmed.

  • Lease terms unverified
  • Flood risk flagged
  • Floor area unknown
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2-bed leasehold flat

Clerkenwell, EC1V

Islington, London
6.7
/ 10
Est. value£330k–£360k

An income play, and a good one: a ~7–8% yield in Zone 1 by the Old Street tech cluster — but a £3,900 service charge and plastic-composite cladding sit under that headline number.

  • Cladding / EWS1
  • £3,900 service charge
  • EPC D → 2030
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2-bed leasehold flat

Allington, ME16

Maidstone, Kent
4.8
/ 10
Est. value£265k–£285k

A sound modern commuter flat in a grammar catchment — dragged down by a managing agent leaseholders rate ~2.3/5 and a position right on the A20.

  • Poorly-rated agent
  • On the A20
  • Surface-water flood risk
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