159 Main Road, Romford RM2 6LT

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 152 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £16,180 · £8,090 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£93.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1963.6 yrs+4.8 pts
Heating controls£450£726.3 yrs+1.8 pts
Flat roof insulation£1,500 – £500£1496.7 yrs+3.7 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£15219.7 yrs+3.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£18222.0 yrs+4.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£21233.0 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B

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

£2,338
per year at grade D
£1,366
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £972 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £16,180.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,468 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 February 2019£685,000
29 September 2000£272,500
28 August 1996£135,000

Estimated today: £869,140 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Main Road: 531 sales since 1995 · £494,690 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ardleigh Green Junior SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Ardleigh Green Infant SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Gidea Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
The Royal Liberty SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.47 · above average (2023/24)
Marshalls Park AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
Redden Court SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.33 · 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.

6.8
crimes a month
61
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002337, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Main Road

How this home sits against its street.

238
graded homes
65.7
average score
C
most common grade
-7.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.