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Get started78 Grenfell Avenue is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hornchurch (RM12 4DW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Held since May 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 sits 105.8% above the 2009 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 23.1% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it's 16.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
78 Grenfell Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£463,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 14 years.
£225,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 14 years.
78 Grenfell Avenue outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,885
Street avg £4,256
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

19 May 2009Most recent
£225,000
+257.1%over 13 years20 October 1995
£63,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM12 4DW: £445,000 (2025–2021).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
RM12 4TY
Gordon Avenue (RM12) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Harrow Lodge Primary School. 41 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB
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