4 Argus Close, Romford, RM7 8NJ

4 Argus Close is an end-of-terrace house in Romford (RM7 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 95 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 11 EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£421/sq ft) was about 31.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £430,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.