Sandlings, Southminster Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7DZ

Sandlings is a three-bedroom detached house in Asheldham, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 312 m² (around 3358 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in June 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 312 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £701,000 sits 400.7% above the 1996 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 87% below the postcode norm.