The Old Chapel, Burnham Road, Southminster, CM0 7ES

The Old Chapel is a four-bedroom detached house in Southminster (CM0 7ES). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £610,000 in July 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.