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 £458,000 is 20.5% 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
Planning history
38 Overton Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
16applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£458,000
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 £3,794
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
0.2 km
Chadwell Heath Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Chadwell Primary School. 51 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full 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







