1 Birchdale Gardens, Romford, RM6 4DT

1 Birchdale Gardens is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM6 4DT). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£577/sq ft) was about 135.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 87 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 9 EPCs). Last sale on file: £540,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.