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26 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU

Property type
End terrace
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
62 m²
667 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 37
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 26 Avenue Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

26 Avenue Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Harold Wood, Romford, Romford (RM3 0SU). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump.

At 62 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 is 16.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£569/sq ft) was about 104.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £380,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

26 Avenue Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Dec 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F37
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Dec 2020from Mar 2018
EPC improved fromE52toF37
Hot Water
AveragePoor

Hot water efficiency decreased

Low Energy Lighting
0%36%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 26 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

26 Avenue Road has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

6applications of note in the surrounding area

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We flagged 2 things worth checking at 26 Avenue Road

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

  • Signs of HMO activity in the area
  • Larger development activity nearby
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£441,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£380,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 June 2021Most recent

    £380,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in RM3 0SU: £485,000 (2024–2022).

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Everything we know about 26 Avenue Road, in one report

What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.

What we flagged

  • Signs of HMO activity in the area
  • Larger development activity nearby
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On the street

Versus other Avenue Road homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

26 Avenue Road is notably below the street on floor area.

Price per m²

£6,129

Street avg £4,134

Strongly above

Floor Area

62 m²

Street avg 96 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.0 t/year

Street avg 4.8 t/year

Below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Romford district page.

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

6/mo

Rising year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Harold Wood Library — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Harold Court Primary School. 18 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RM3 0SU from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for RM3 0SU

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

52.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for RM3 0SU

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.7dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 26 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.