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Get started1 Pitt Cottages is a semi-detached house in Asheldham, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7EA). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on wood logs.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £544,000 is 32.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 29.6% below the postcode norm. At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: March 2019 at £410,000.
1 Pitt Cottages has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
Replace existing garden store with new timber framed barn
1 Pitt Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£544,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.9% per year over 24 years.
£410,000
Growth on file: 12.9% per year over 24 years.
On epc rating, 1 Pitt Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 76 (C)
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 95 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Side and rear of property
Two Storey Side and Rear Extensions and Alterations.
1 March 2019Most recent
£410,000
+127.8%over 15 years23 May 2003
£179,950
+718.0%over 8 years14 February 1995
£22,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in CM0 7EA: £320,000 (2021–1997).
Street avg 1.7 t/year
CM0 7DY
Brook Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB
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