38 Overton Drive, Romford, RM6 4EA
About 38 Overton Drive
38 Overton Drive is an end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM6 4EA). 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 2020) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 87 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 is 21.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 37.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £380,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
38 Overton Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 14 October 2030
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Planning history
38 Overton Drive has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
16 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£463,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 April 2021Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM6 4EA: £460,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in RM6 4EA
Versus other Overton Drive homes
38 Overton Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,368
Street avg £3,963
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
231/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chadwell Heath Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Chadwell Primary School. 51 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB







