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Get started159 Carlton Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Romford (RM2 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£559/sq ft) was about 108.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 May 2026
159 Carlton Road has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Price for 159 Carlton Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£509,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 26 years.
£475,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 26 years.
Price per m² for 159 Carlton Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,013
Street avg £4,201
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Witham Road / Romford — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single Storey rear extension with an overall depth of 4m, a maximum height of 3m, and an eaves height of 3m. (PRIOR APPROVAL)
1 more application for this property
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30 June 2021Most recent
£475,000
+14.5%over 4 years29 July 2016
£415,000
+476.4%over 21 years28 July 1995
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM2 5AX: £500,000 (2025–2021).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
RM2 5SP
Closest school
0.5 km
Squirrels Heath Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB
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