197 Carter Drive, Romford RM5 2UP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 110 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £13,700 · £6,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1086.5 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£10029.9 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£8435.7 yrs+3.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£11750+ yrs+5.1 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

£1,568
per year at grade D
£1,158
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £410 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £13,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,003 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 September 2020£450,000
7 November 2003£194,950
21 February 1997£72,000

Estimated today: £556,993 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Carter Drive: 308 sales since 1995 · £405,083 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Oasis Academy PinewoodPrimary0.2 mi
Clockhouse Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Bower Park AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.54 · well below average (2023/24)
Marshalls Park AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
Forest AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.11 · 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.

8.2
crimes a month
82
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002305, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Carter Drive

How this home sits against its street.

144
graded homes
56
average score
D
most common grade
+8.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.