The Gatehouse, Flat 25, High Street, Romford, RM1 1AN

The Gatehouse is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Romford (RM1 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. At 43 m² this is the 9th 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. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 82).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£421/sq ft) was about 57.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it's 18.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 36 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £195,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.