5 Wayside Close, Romford RM1 4ES

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 192 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £6,070 · £6,070 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2434.1 yrs+5.2 pts
Low energy lighting£70£116.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18926.5 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£26334.2 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£22550+ yrs+4.8 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,520
per year at grade D
£1,590
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £442 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £6,070.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,633 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

7 January 2022£780,000
9 January 2015£582,500
27 July 2007£495,000

Estimated today: £895,524 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wayside Close: 21 sales since 1995 · £843,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gidea Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Marshalls Park AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
The Royal Liberty SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.47 · above average (2023/24)
The Frances Bardsley Academy for GirlsSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.39 · above average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

6.5
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002339, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wayside Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
55.9
average score
D
most common grade
+4.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.