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Cheaper twin · England

Upminster vs Hornchurch: the same semi-detached house, about 20% cheaper per m²

20% cheaper / m²

£115,290 less for an equivalent semi-detached house: same station, similar schools, ~2.99km apart

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Upminster (RM14 2)Hornchurch (RM12 5)
Estimated £/m²£6,360£5,079
On a 90 m² home£572,400£457,110
Dominant property typeSemi-DetachedSemi-Detached
Typical build era~1940~1940
Good+ secondary catchments3.73.7
Nearest station~0.77 km~0.77 km
Sales in sample (N)3,0263,133

The same life, one postcode cheaper

Upminster (RM14 2) and Hornchurch (RM12 5) sit about 2.99 km apart, share the same dominant housing (semi-detached, typically built around 1940), comparable good-school catchments and the same level of station access. Yet an equivalent home works out roughly 20% (about £115,290 on a 90 m² property) cheaper in Hornchurch. On the measures that move price they are near-identical; the gap is mostly the premium attached to the better-known name.

How we worked this out

Postcode sectors (e.g. N10 3) compared on estimated £/m² of floor space. A pair is only called a 'twin' when the two sectors share the dominant property type, build era (±30y), good-school catchment provision, station access, deprivation/tenure, education, age and home size, so the price gap reflects a name premium, not a different kind of area. Estimates, not valuations; aggregated to sector, never address-level.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates derived from recorded sales and EPC floor areas, aggregated to postcode sector, not valuations, and not address-level.