10 Hathaway Gardens, Romford, RM6 5TP

10 Hathaway Gardens is a semi-detached house in Romford (RM6 5TP). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 sits 249.8% above the 2000 sale of £119,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£137/sq ft) was about 61% below the postcode norm. At 81 m² it's 18.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).