37 Balgores Lane, Romford, RM2 5JU

37 Balgores Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Romford (RM2 5JU). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,011,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£586/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £915,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.