42 St James Gardens, Little Heath, Romford, RM6 5RY

42 St James Gardens is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Little Heath, Romford, Romford (RM6 5RY). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 45 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–123 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 35 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (65 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£526/sq ft) was about 120.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £255,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.