1a, Station Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, RM6 4BE

1a is a detached house in Chadwell Heath, Romford, Romford (RM6 4BE). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). At 75 m² this is the 12th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (55 versus a best of 83).

It hasn't traded since December 2006, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 sits 113.1% above the 2006 sale of £102,314. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 70% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2021. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.