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Buying at RM13 8LS

Before you offer on a home at RM13 8LS: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £411k. In Hornchurch Marshes.

1 to check3 clear£411k typical on Edmund Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, compressible ground significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A125, 690 m awayAbout 22,210 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£411ktypical sale on Edmund Road, last 10 years

£4,792typical price per m² in Hornchurch Marshes

£2,570–£5,560per m² for homes at RM13 8LS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,792 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £431k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Hornchurch Marshes

Hornchurch Marshes

+55% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	18	£465k	£290k – £650k
Semi-detached	46	£450k	£307k – £625k
Terraced	72	£415k	£198k – £600k
Flat	37	£230k	£85k – £332k

Standard sales in Hornchurch Marshes. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

6sales on Edmund Road in the last two years

173sales in Hornchurch Marshes in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at RM13 8LS

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Edmund RoadDetached	£245,000, Dec 2014	103 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Edmund RoadDetached	£237,000, Apr 2009	131 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Edmund RoadSemi-detached	£290,000, Jan 2016	113 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Edmund RoadDetached	£480,000, May 2016	148 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Edmund RoadTerraced	£305,000, Aug 2017	79 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Edmund RoadSemi-detached	£175,000, Oct 2005	97 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Edmund RoadOther	£600,000, Jan 2023	108 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Edmund RoadDetached	£615,000, Oct 2019	130 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Edmund RoadSemi-detached	£415,000, Jun 2021	75 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Edmund RoadSemi-detached

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Buying at RM13 8LS

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £411k. In Hornchurch Marshes.

1 to check3 clear£411k typical on Edmund Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, compressible ground significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A125, 690 m awayAbout 22,210 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£411ktypical sale on Edmund Road, last 10 years

£4,792typical price per m² in Hornchurch Marshes

£2,570–£5,560per m² for homes at RM13 8LS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,792 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £431k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Hornchurch Marshes, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£208k	£183k	£1,200 a month	6.9%
2 beds	£389k	£333k	£1,500 a month	4.6%
3 beds	£437k	£402k	£1,900 a month	5.2%
4+ beds	£509k	£454k	£2,290 a month	5.4%
All homes	£429k	£389k	£1,510 a month	4.2%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places