The Gatehouse, Flat 15, High Street, Romford, RM1 1AN

The Gatehouse is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM1 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. At 62 m² this is the 26th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in The Gatehouse, where floor areas span 33–91 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 62 m² it's 20.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £251,000 is 29.4% above the 2006 sale price.