24 Barham Close, Romford, RM7 8ED

24 Barham Close is an end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM7 8ED). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

At 52 m² it's 18.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £195,000 in September 2021. 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. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 58.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.