40 Blackbush Avenue, Romford, RM6 5TU
About 40 Blackbush Avenue
40 Blackbush Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM6 5TU). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sold May 2022 for £556,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2001. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 77.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
40 Blackbush Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Aug 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2001Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion with rear dormer and hip to gable alteration.
- Council
- East Team/Area 5
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2378/01
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Sales history & valuation
40 Blackbush Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£587,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 23 years.
£556,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
12 May 2022Most recent
£556,000
+47.9%over 7 years22 December 2014
£376,000
+28.8%over 10 years2 September 2004
£292,000
+180.8%over 4 years26 October 1999
£104,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM6 5TU: £475,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in RM6 5TU
Versus other Blackbush Avenue homes
40 Blackbush Avenue outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,055
Street avg £3,713
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Hawkridge Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Bede's Catholic Primary School. 46 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB







