5 Chantress Close, Dagenham, RM10 9YW

5 Chantress Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Dagenham (RM10 9YW). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 61 m² this is the 35th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 61 m² it's 24.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 37 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in July 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £248,000 is 12.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 99.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.