28 Dukes Avenue, Southminster, CM0 7HA

28 Dukes Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southminster (CM0 7HA). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 18.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £325,000 in October 2021. Across the public record there are 4 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.