23 North End, Southminster, CM0 7DN

23 North End is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Southminster (CM0 7DN). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £557,000 is 17.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 27.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.