12 Christopher Gardens, Dagenham, RM9 5YB

12 Christopher Gardens is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Dagenham (RM9 5YB). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 is 20.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 63.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it's 21.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 13 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £200,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.