26 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU
About 26 Avenue Road
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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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
26 Avenue Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
26 Avenue Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 June 2021Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM3 0SU: £485,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in RM3 0SU
6 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU
Sold Aug 2024
£430,00010 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU
Sold Jul 2023
£485,00012 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU
Sold Jun 2022
£445,00050 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU
Sold Jun 2022
£825,00040 Avenue Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0SU
Sold Mar 2022
£810,000
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

Versus other Avenue Road homes
26 Avenue Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£6,129
Street avg £4,134
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB