Cutlers Forge Cottage, Tawney Lane, Stapleford Tawney, Romford, RM4 1EE

Cutlers Forge Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Stapleford Tawney, Romford, Romford (RM4 1EE). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 123 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 9 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £651,000 is 27.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£385/sq ft) was about 20.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £510,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.