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Get started1 Black House Farm Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LH). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 25.4% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2023 at £283,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
1 Black House Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Erection of a 6ft fence. Bollards placed outside the front of the house and an electric gate.
1 Black House Farm Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£355,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.3% per year over 24 years.
£283,000
Growth on file: 4.3% per year over 24 years.
On habitable rooms, 1 Black House Farm Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 152 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 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
1.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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27 March 2023Most recent
£283,000
+8.8%over 7 years23 October 2015
£260,000
+25.6%over 6 years9 March 2009
£207,000
-14.5%over 2 years12 September 2006
£242,000
+130.5%over 6 years15 September 1999
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7LH: £387,000 (2015–2001).
Street avg 8.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CM0 7LX
Main Road — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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