40 Waterbeach Road, Dagenham, RM9 4AB
About 40 Waterbeach Road
40 Waterbeach Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Dagenham (RM9 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 96 m² it's 16.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 16 EPCs). 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 2007. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £509,000 is 27.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in July 2016.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
40 Waterbeach Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Mar 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
40 Waterbeach Road has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2007PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of a single storey side extension and front canopy
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00388/FUL
What's in 40 Waterbeach Road, Dagenham, RM9 4AB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 40 Waterbeach Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£509,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.6% per year over 17 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 9.6% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
27 July 2016Most recent
£400,000
+387.8%over 17 years19 March 1999
£82,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RM9 4AB: £425,001 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in RM9 4AB
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Versus other Waterbeach Road homes
40 Waterbeach Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £4,079
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
16/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Rusper Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Dorothy Barley Infants' School. 59 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB