44 Garden Fields, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7JY
About 44 Garden Fields
44 Garden Fields is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Steeple, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7JY). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1067 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £330,000 is 11.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 50% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £295,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
44 Garden Fields's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2021
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 February 2021
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
44 Garden Fields has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£330,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 7 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
19 August 2021Most recent
£295,000
+71.0%over 7 years24 March 2014
£172,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7JY: £325,000 (2021–2019).
Nearby sales in CM0 7JY
21 Garden Fields, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7JY
Sold Dec 2021
£360,0003 Garden Fields, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7JY
Sold Jun 2021
£335,0006 Garden Fields, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7JY
Sold Nov 2020
£305,00050 Garden Fields, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7JY
Sold Jan 2020
£325,00052 Garden Fields, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7JY
Sold Nov 2019
£313,000
Versus other Garden Fields homes
44 Garden Fields is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£2,976
Street avg £2,603
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
68/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Star — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







