1 Gay Gardens, Dagenham, RM10 7TT

1 Gay Gardens is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Dagenham (RM10 7TT). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2015. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since June 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 sits 106.8% above the 2006 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.