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Get started18 Garden Fields is a detached house in Steeple, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7JY). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 7th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 32 units on file.
At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
18 Garden Fields has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£145,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On habitable rooms, 18 Garden Fields runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 72 (C)
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 50 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.1 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Heating controls changed
Hot water system upgraded
Cavity wall insulation installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7JY: £325,000 (2021–2020).
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
The Star — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB