5 Harcourt Mews, Romford, RM2 5BN

5 Harcourt Mews is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM2 5BN). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 4th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 23.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 86.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £210,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 44 m² it's 18.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 15 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.