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Get started9 Garden Close is a semi-detached house in Steeple, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LG). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2026) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
Across 2004–2012, sale prices here grew -0.1% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 sits 80% above the 2012 sale of £170,000. At 100 m² it's 17.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 14 years ago, in June 2012.
The EPC has just been inspected, so the rating reflects current condition.
9 Garden Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.1% per year over 8 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: -0.1% per year over 8 years.
9 Garden Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 81 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
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15 June 2012Most recent
£170,000
-1.2%over 8 years19 April 2004
£172,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7LG: £179,000 (2017–1998).
Street avg 3.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
The Star — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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