Knight House, Foxhall Road, Steeple, Southminster, CM0 7LB

Knight House is a four-bedroom detached house in Steeple, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LB). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Held since October 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £647,000 sits 240.5% above the 1998 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 40.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 226 m² it's 17.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (192 m² median across 6 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.