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Get started5 Towneley Cottages is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, Romford (RM4 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 39.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £510,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£553,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 10 years.
£510,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 10 years.
5 Towneley Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,554
Street avg £3,805
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
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12 November 2021Most recent
£510,000
+77.4%over 10 years19 May 2011
£287,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM4 1JP: £435,000 (2024–2022).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
RM4 1HD
Tysea Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB
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