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Get started3 James Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Romford (RM2 5UD). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.
Held since July 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 sits 98% above the 2010 sale of £245,000. At 87 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 4 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 James Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£245,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
3 James Close is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,816
Street avg £3,425
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Fairholme Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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30 July 2010Most recent
£245,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM2 5UD: £285,000 (2024–2003).
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
RM2 5SJ
Closest school
0.6 km
Squirrels Heath Primary School. 32 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB
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