171 Hoe Lane, Lambourne End, Romford RM4 1NP

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 202 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

EC for £25,550 · £12,775 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£50£68.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£14035.8 yrs+7.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10946.1 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£12950+ yrs+6.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15150+ yrs+7.9 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£11650+ yrs+6.1 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

£2,094
per year at grade E
£1,443
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £535 a year — a 2.1% annual return on £25,550.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

29 June 2021£1,275,000

Estimated today: £1,409,966 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hoe Lane: 11 sales since 1995 · £683,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Lambourne Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Chigwell Row Infant SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Coppice Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Forest AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.11 · average (2023/24)
Debden Park High SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.02 · average (2023/24)
Davenant Foundation SchoolSecondary2.8 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.

9.6
crimes a month
106
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021770, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hoe Lane

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
39.1
average score
E
most common grade
+2.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.