Heath Cottage, Old Heath Road, Southminster, CM0 7BN

Heath Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Southminster (CM0 7BN). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2026) returns an A (score 96), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,048,000 is 13.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£457/sq ft) was about 58.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2022 for £925,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.