21 Orchard Road, Southminster, CM0 7DQ

21 Orchard Road is a semi-detached house in Southminster (CM0 7DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1063 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2009. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 sits 479.6% above the 1997 sale of £54,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 73.5% below the postcode norm.