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Get started28 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.
28 Dukes Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
28 Dukes Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£353,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 24 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 24 years.
28 Dukes Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,500
Street avg £2,609
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Vicarage Meadow — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system changed
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8 October 2021Most recent
£325,000
+45.9%over 5 years18 March 2016
£222,750
+165.2%over 14 years20 November 2001
£84,000
+58.5%over 4 years29 October 1997
£53,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7HA: £308,000 (2024–2022).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
CM0 7TE
Closest school
0.2 km
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB
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