136 Overton Drive, Romford, RM6 4EE

136 Overton Drive is an end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM6 4EE). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 39 m² this is the 10th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 39 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 sits 65.6% above the 2004 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.