Buying a home in RM18, Tilbury. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£337kmost £317k–£361k

Houses per m²£4,114flats £3,100

Sold last year81569 in five years

Prices in Thurrock-0.9%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in RM18 sold for £337,063 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £317,283 and £361,262, for about 86 m² of space.

81 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £128k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in RM18 7 (£3,761) and the most in RM18 8 (£4,152).

Across Thurrock, prices are down 0.9% on a year ago and up 9.2% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,474 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,537 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £67,000 for that mortgage: what £70,000 buys.

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House prices in RM18 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£205,503	£198k–£230k	43 m²	9
2	£313,398	£289k–£335k	70 m²	168
3	£337,063	£317k–£361k	86 m²	253
4	£387,790	£366k–£413k	106 m²	33
5+	£419,571	£407k–£568k	127 m²	23

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£206k	£313k	£337k	£388k	£420k
Detached	—	—	£406k	—	£789k
Semi-detached	—	£328k	£354k	£390k	£417k
Terraced	£205k	£308k	£327k	£359k	—
Flats	£128k	£174k	—	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across RM18

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
RM18 7	£3,761	£2,917
RM18 8	£4,152	£3,343

Schools near RM18

Best state primary within 2 kmChadwell St Mary Primary School86% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%5 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmThames Park Secondary School58% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%15 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

RM17 Grays · 4 km3-bed house £383k RM16 Grays · 4 km3-bed house £416k DA11 Gravesend · 4 km3-bed house £363k DA12 Gravesend · 4 km3-bed house £374k DA10 Swanscombe · 6 km3-bed house £350k RM20 Grays · 6 km3-bed house £358k DA9 Greenhithe · 7 km3-bed house £400k SS17 Stanford-Le-Hope · 7 km3-bed house £372k

Questions about RM18

Is RM18 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in Thurrock are down 0.9% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (86% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (58% against 43.8%); 81 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in RM18?

A typical 3-bedroom house in RM18 sold for £337,063 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £317,283 and £361,262.

How many homes sell in RM18 each year?

81 homes sold in the last year and 569 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

What are the schools like near RM18?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Chadwell St Mary Primary School, where 86% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.