1 Pitt Cottages, Hall Road, Asheldham, Southminster, CM0 7EA

1 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.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £511,000 is 24.6% 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. Most recent transfer: March 2019 at £410,000.