18 Chippenham Road, Romford, RM3 8EX

18 Chippenham Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Romford (RM3 8EX). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 50 m² this is the 8th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 14–105 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 (48 versus a best of 80). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 40.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £215,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.