1 Bideford Close, Romford, RM3 8HZ

1 Bideford Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM3 8HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £369,000 sits 67.7% above the 2014 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 36.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.