12 Matthews Close, Romford RM3 0DN

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1976-1982 · 27 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DB for £1,500 · £750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£400 – £600£3341.5 yrs+13.1 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1277.9 yrs+4.9 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

£863
per year at grade D
£402
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £461 a year — a 30.7% annual return on £1,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £567 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 November 2013£75,000
30 April 2002£58,000

Estimated today: £128,974 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Matthews Close: 44 sales since 1995 · £170,571 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Harold Wood Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Harold Court Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Ardleigh Green Infant SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Redden Court SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above average (2023/24)
The Campion SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.60 · well above average (2023/24)
The Royal Liberty SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.47 · 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.

14.1
crimes a month
141
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033785, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Matthews Close

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
62.2
average score
D
most common grade
+2.8
this home vs street
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