4 Harkness Close, Romford, RM3 9NX

4 Harkness Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Romford (RM3 9NX). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 49 m² this is the 26th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–54 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in January 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 393.6% above the 1998 sale of £47,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£89/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm. At 49 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (42 m² median across 37 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs).