Blackhouse Farm, Bradwell Road, St Lawrence, Southminster, CM0 7LH

Blackhouse Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LH). It has a recorded floor area of 221 m² (around 2379 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £918,000 sits 53% above the 2015 sale of £600,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 221 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.