1 Market Place, Abridge, Romford, RM4 1UA

1 Market Place is a detached house in Abridge, Romford, Romford (RM4 1UA). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2022. At 49 m² this is the 5th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to A, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 is 25.5% below the 2022 sale of £330,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£626/sq ft) was about 79% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Last sale on file: £330,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.