3a The Parade, North Road, Havering Atte Bower, Romford, RM4 1PP

3a The Parade is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Havering-Atte-Bower, Romford, Romford (RM4 1PP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 513 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–83 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (October 2011) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £195,000 in August 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 is 15.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 68.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.