17 Maxim Tower, Mercury Gardens, Romford, RM1 3HE

17 Maxim Tower is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Romford (RM1 3HE). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. At 78 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (42–78 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in December 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 78 m² it's 21.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 39 EPCs). Across 2006–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 is 11.5% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm.