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Get started2 Blackwater Mews is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Steeple, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LX). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 39.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £325,000 in January 2025. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 96 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (118 m² median across 8 EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2015.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.3m, maximum height 3.05m and height to eaves 2.1m.
2 Blackwater Mews has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£345,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.0% per year over 18 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 2.0% per year over 18 years.
2 Blackwater Mews is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,385
Street avg £2,771
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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3 January 2025Most recent
£325,000
+12.8%over 7 years21 September 2017
£288,000
+28.6%over 3 years29 July 2014
£224,000
-2.6%over 3 years17 September 2010
£230,000
+2.2%over 4 years27 July 2006
£225,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7LX: £373,000 (2021–2016).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
CM0 7HE
Canney Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Maylandsea Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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