35 Bede Road, Romford, RM6 5RT

35 Bede Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM6 5RT). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 84% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, partial demolition and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.