5 New Farm Drive, Abridge, Romford, RM4 1BS

5 New Farm Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Abridge, Romford, Romford (RM4 1BS). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) 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 April 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £722,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£839/sq ft) was about 124.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £650,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.