12 Kersey Gardens, Romford, RM3 0ER

12 Kersey Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM3 0ER). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 54), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £467,000 sits 94.6% above the 2005 sale of £240,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£485/sq ft) was about 57.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.