49 Dorset Avenue, Romford, RM1 4LL
About 49 Dorset Avenue
49 Dorset Avenue is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM1 4LL). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 52.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £530,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 49 Dorset Avenue, Romford, RM1 4LL
- Dec 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- P1750.22
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Sales history & valuation
49 Dorset Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 24 years.
£530,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
25 September 2022Most recent
£530,000
+407.2%over 24 years29 April 1998
£104,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM1 4LL: £452,500 (2025–2022).
Versus other Dorset Avenue homes
49 Dorset Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,569
Street avg £3,983
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Romford Bus Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Peter's Catholic Primary School. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.8dB