16 Birchdale Gardens, Romford, RM6 4DT
About 16 Birchdale Gardens
16 Birchdale Gardens is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM6 4DT). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. Other recorded features include a conservatory. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 115 m² it's 23.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 9 EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£469/sq ft) was about 75.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £580,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 Birchdale Gardens has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Remove rear structure. Single storey rear extension. (Summary).
- Council
- X BC Area 2 South East (AMF)
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 0477/21
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 16 Birchdale Gardens was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£622,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 22 years.
£580,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
26 January 2021Most recent
£580,000
+491.8%over 22 years9 September 1998
£98,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM6 4DT: £505,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in RM6 4DT
Versus other Birchdale Gardens homes
On habitable rooms, 16 Birchdale Gardens stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,043
Street avg £3,627
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Wangey Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Chadwell Primary School. 49 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB