4 Beech Street, Romford, RM7 7LA

4 Beech Street is a semi-detached house in Romford (RM7 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 69 m² this is the 9th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 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 £263,000 sits 338.4% above the 2000 sale of £59,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 71.7% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs).