1 Hainault Gore, Romford, RM6 6RR

1 Hainault Gore is a semi-detached house in Romford (RM6 6RR). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2018. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 is 30.3% below the 2022 sale of £800,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 196.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.