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Get started171 Albany Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hornchurch (RM12 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £354,000 is 28.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£555/sq ft) was about 78.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £275,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
171 Albany Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£354,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£275,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
171 Albany Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,978
Street avg £4,298
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Laburnum Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
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6 September 2021Most recent
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM12 4AB: £390,000 (2022–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
RM12 4SQ
Closest school
0.3 km
Hornchurch High School. 39 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB
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