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Get started5 Gordons Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, Romford (RM4 1ER). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The property has an EV charger and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £653,000 is 26.8% above the 2025 sale price. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £515,000. At 84 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
£653,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 5 years.
£515,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 5 years.
5 Gordons Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 103 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

24 January 2025Most recent
£515,000
+49.7%over 4 years5 March 2020
£344,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in RM4 1ER: £1,325,750 (2022–2014).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
RM4 1HD
Gordon Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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