8 Taylor Close, Romford RM5 2LR

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 79 m² · Warm air, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £20,890 · £6,963 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1052.9 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£40£57.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1238.2 yrs+5.7 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£9312.6 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Warm air unit replacement£1,250 – £2,500£4343.1 yrs+2.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9550+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£11350+ yrs+5.3 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

£1,582
per year at grade E
£1,004
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £578 a year — a 2.8% annual return on £20,890.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £938 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 July 2016£306,000
2 November 2012£171,000
24 March 2000£64,000

Estimated today: £407,103 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Taylor Close: 22 sales since 1995 · £329,167 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Clockhouse Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Crownfield Infant SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Bower Park AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.54 · well below average (2023/24)
Marshalls Park AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
The Warren SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.37 · 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.

8.1
crimes a month
81
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002308, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Taylor Close

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
56.9
average score
D
most common grade
-2.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.