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Get started42a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southminster (CM0 7BB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 10.3% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 127.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it's 29.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 41 EPCs). Last sale on file: £287,500 in May 2024.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
42a valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£317,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 16 years.
£287,500
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 16 years.
Habitable Rooms for 42a lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,423
Street avg £2,820
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

31 May 2024Most recent
£287,500
+59.7%over 15 years13 June 2008
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7BB: £365,000 (2025–2023).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
CM0 7HL
Steeple Road Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB
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