4 Jacobs Avenue, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0WR

4 Jacobs Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Harold Wood, Romford, Romford (RM3 0WR). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. At 66 m² this is the 13th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 66 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 is 25.1% above the 2022 sale price. Sold February 2022 for £201,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.