10 Derby Avenue, Romford, RM7 9JR

10 Derby Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Romford (RM7 9JR). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1365 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 127 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2007–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at -0.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 sits 75.3% above the 2010 sale of £291,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 29.9% below the postcode norm.