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Get started1 Farnes Drive is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM2 6NS). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). 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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 41% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £600,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
1 Farnes Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Latest sale on 1 Farnes Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£656,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 24 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 24 years.
1 Farnes Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,593
Street avg £3,937
Floor Area
167 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Upper Brentwood Rd/Gallows Cnr — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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28 June 2021Most recent
£600,000
+308.2%over 23 years18 September 1997
£147,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM2 6NS: £469,000 (2025–2024).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
RM2 6NL
Closest school
0.6 km
The Royal Liberty School. 31 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.1dB
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