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Get started5 Gidea Close is a detached house in Romford (RM2 5NP). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 183 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (232 m² median across 8 EPCs).
5 Gidea Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at 5 Gidea Close is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 holme oak trees To be reduced by 2m and thinned out
5 Gidea Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£944,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On floor area, 5 Gidea Close runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
183 m²
Street avg 242 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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2 sycamore trees located at front of property. To be pollarded back to original cuts
1 more application for this property
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Median price across the last 5 sales in RM2 5NP: £1,150,000 (2019–2007).
Street avg 12.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
RM2 5QU
Repton Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Gidea Park Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB