3 Freshwell Avenue, Romford, RM6 5DS
About 3 Freshwell Avenue
3 Freshwell Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM6 5DS). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 38% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2024 for £740,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
3 Freshwell Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2025OutlineIn report
Detached rear out building (summary)
- Council
- Neighbourhood CIL Area - East, BC Area 2 East (KP), DM Area - South/East
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 1074/25
- May 2001Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion with rear dormer.
- Council
- East Team/Area 5
- Reference
- 0540/01
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 3 Freshwell Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£783,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 17 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
18 June 2024Most recent
£740,000
+105.6%over 17 years21 December 2006
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM6 5DS: £550,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in RM6 5DS
Versus other Freshwell Avenue homes
On years held, 3 Freshwell Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,568
Street avg £4,054
Floor Area
162 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Little Heath — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Grove Primary School. 41 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.8dB







