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Harold Wood & Harold Hill

Harold Wood has an older core of Victorian and Edwardian houses close to the station, inter-war semis further out, and the newer Kings Park development built on the site of the former Harold Wood Hospital after it closed in 2006. Harold Hill, just to the west, is different again: it was built by the London County Council between 1948 and 1958 as a large 'out-county' estate, and much of the housing is still recognisably 1950s semis, terraces, and cottage-style council housing, though a lot has since been sold and modernised under Right to Buy.

In the older Harold Wood houses we find the same original pipework and loft tank systems as elsewhere in Havering, often ready for a combi conversion. On the 1950s Harold Hill estate, many properties have already had their heating replaced at least once since the original solid fuel or early gas systems, but some still have older radiators, valves, or an ageing boiler due for an upgrade. The newer housing at Kings Park is more likely to have a pressurised or unvented cylinder system, which needs a G3-qualified engineer for servicing and repairs.

Hard water across this part of Essex means limescale is a factor on any boiler or shower here, whatever the age of the property.