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Get started42 Scotts Hill is a semi-detached house in Southminster (CM0 7BG). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 is 25.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 15.7% below the postcode norm. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (126 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 10 years since the last transfer (September 2016). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
42 Scotts Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
A recent planning application at 42 Scotts Hill was refused — worth checking the council file.
Construct new drop kerb vehicle crossover on public footpath and new single car parking bay on existing front garden of existing private residential semi-detached property with associated fencing, garden and paving works.
Price for 42 Scotts Hill has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£276,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.1% per year over 17 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 10.1% per year over 17 years.
42 Scotts Hill is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,607
Street avg £3,851
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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22 September 2016Most recent
£220,000
+10.0%over 1 year21 August 2015
£199,995
+185.9%over 14 years24 November 2000
£69,950
+66.5%over 1 year21 June 1999
£42,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7BG: £300,000 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
David Fisher Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB
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