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About Birch Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Birch Cottage is a detached house in Lambourne End, Romford, Romford (RM4 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2476 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 230 m² it's 22.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (188 m² median across 4 EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Birch Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F38
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
15.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Birch Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,075,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other New Road homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for Birch Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 39 (E)
Floor Area
230 m²
Street avg 277 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 12.2 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Romford district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RM4 1AJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 28 points of interest in total.
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