5 Abbs Cross Gardens, Hornchurch, RM12 4XJ

5 Abbs Cross Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hornchurch (RM12 4XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

It hasn't traded since November 1996, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £500,000 sits 502.4% above the 1996 sale of £83,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 73.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.