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12 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UB

Flat / maisonetteLeasehold53 m² · EPC
Last sale£125,000Dec 2006 · HM Land Registry
If it moved with Newham flat prices£193,000Aug 2026 · UK HPI
Flood planning zoneIn Flood Zone 3 — check defences and insurance
EnergyEPC EFeb 2018
123MapN ↑238 m ↔
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026

Before you offer

3 things to check

1Flood planning zone: In Flood Zone 3 — check defences and insurance

Flood Zone 3 can affect insurance costs even where flood defences protect the area.

Get an insurance quote and ask the conveyancer for a flood search.

Environment Agency · Oct 2026

2Leasehold: Lease documents needed

The lease term and charges affect future costs and mortgage options.

Ask the agent for the lease, remaining term, charges and planned works.

HM Land Registry · Dec 2006

3EPC E

Poor insulation or an EPC E–G rating can mean higher heating bills.

Read the full certificate and ask about insulation and heating costs.

EPC · Feb 2018

+ Surface water flooding: Low · Rivers and sea flooding: Very low · Outside coal high-risk area · Not in a higher-radon area

Not covered here yet: conservation area, listed buildings nearby, article 4 direction, tree protection, road noise, rail noise, airport noise. Your conveyancer’s local search covers the planning checks.

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Price

If it moved with Newham flat prices

£193,000

How does the asking price compare?

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This home’s sale history

SoldPriceTypeTenureRecord
Dec 2006£125,000Flat / maisonetteLeaseholdA

Street sales

AddressSoldPriceTypeTenure
8 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBApr 2015£325,000TerracedFreehold
15 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBDec 2007£162,000Flat / maisonetteLeasehold
5 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBJan 2007£227,000TerracedFreehold
12 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBDec 2006£125,000Flat / maisonetteLeasehold
8 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBJul 2006£205,000TerracedFreehold
15 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBMay 2006£118,995Flat / maisonetteLeasehold
15 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBSep 2002£100,000Flat / maisonetteLeasehold
5 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBNov 2001£139,995DetachedFreehold
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AddressSoldPriceTypeTenure
15 Orchid Close, London, E6 5UBOct 2000£57,000Flat / maisonetteLeasehold
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The land

Flood planning zone: In Flood Zone 3 — check defences and insurance

Flood Zone 3 can affect insurance costs even where flood defences protect the area.

Get an insurance quote and ask the conveyancer for a flood search.

Environment Agency · Oct 2026

+ Surface water flooding: Low · Rivers and sea flooding: Very low · Outside coal high-risk area · Not in a higher-radon area

Not covered here yet: conservation area, listed buildings nearby, article 4 direction, tree protection. Your conveyancer’s local search covers the planning checks.

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The building

EPC E

Poor insulation or an EPC E–G rating can mean higher heating bills.

Read the full certificate and ask about insulation and heating costs.

EPC · Feb 2018

Floor area
53 m²
Potential EPC band
C
Age band
England and Wales: 1967-1975
Walls (certificate wording)
Cavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)
Roof (certificate wording)
(another dwelling above)
Windows (certificate wording)
Fully double glazed
Heating (certificate wording)
Boiler and radiators, mains gas
Building height
Unavailable

EPC · Feb 2018

Living

Broadband in the area

Postcode residential gigabit coverage: 100%

Full fibre in the local authority: 83%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Schools nearby

DfE GIAS · Nov 2026 · Ofsted · Sep 2026

Area context

Deprivation decile (1 is most deprived within its nation): 2 · England 2025

Recorded police incidents: 216

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Lease documents

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Next steps

Ask a surveyor to confirm Level 2 or Level 3 after reviewing the age, condition and alterations.

Ask the conveyancer about local authority, drainage, environmental, flood and mining searches appropriate to this address.

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Questions for the agent

Questions for your surveyor and conveyancer

Ask the surveyor

Which survey level covers this home’s condition, damp, cracks and any alterations?

  • Energy certificate: Read the full certificate and ask about insulation and heating costs.

Ask the conveyancer

Which title, drainage and local searches are needed for this address?

  • Flood planning zone: Get an insurance quote and ask the conveyancer for a flood search.
  • Leasehold: Ask the agent for the lease, remaining term, charges and planned works.
Sources and licences

Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026

Radon Potential classification UK Health Security Agency © Crown copyright 2022

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