26 Alderwood Drive, Abridge, Romford, RM4 1DJ

26 Alderwood Drive is a semi-detached house in Abridge, Romford, Romford (RM4 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 sits 64.6% above the 2014 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 28.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.