5 South Road, Little Heath, Romford, RM6 4YT

5 South Road is a mid-terrace house in Little Heath, Romford, Romford (RM6 4YT). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £457,000 is 18.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 27.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £385,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.