98 Straight Road, Romford RM3 8AB

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £13,870 · £6,935 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£573.9 yrs+2.4 pts
Low energy lighting£45£58.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9011.1 yrs+3.8 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7435.2 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£12041.6 yrs+5.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9350+ yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£11150+ yrs+4.7 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£13050+ yrs+5.5 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

£1,684
per year at grade E
£1,003
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £440 a year — a 3.2% annual return on £13,870.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,174 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 January 2018£290,000
27 October 2015£237,000

Estimated today: £370,906 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Straight Road: 143 sales since 1995 · £340,552 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hilldene Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Broadford Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St Ursula's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Royal Liberty SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.47 · above average (2023/24)
Redden Court SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above average (2023/24)
Marshalls Park AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below 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.

25.3
crimes a month
278
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002310, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Straight Road

How this home sits against its street.

160
graded homes
64.4
average score
D
most common grade
-13.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.