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Get started8 Canon Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM6 5RR). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 53.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 99 m² it's 25.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 21 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £472,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Loft conversion with a rear dormer incorporating a Juliet balcony. Hip to gable roof alterations. Three front roof lights (summary)
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£515,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 13 years.
£472,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 13 years.
EPC Rating for 8 Canon Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,768
Street avg £4,029
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Grove Road Little Heath — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls changed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with a depth of 4.3 metres, highest point of 2.95 metres and height at the eaves of 2.8 metres.
24 September 2021Most recent
£472,000
+88.8%over 8 years31 May 2013
£250,000
+1.2%over 4 years8 December 2008
£247,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM6 5RR: £455,000 (2025–2018).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
RM6 5TX
Closest school
0.1 km
St Bede's Catholic Primary School. 46 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB
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