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Get started4 Main Road is a five-bedroom detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7LY). It has a recorded floor area of 288 m² (around 3100 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good. Main heating runs on oil.
At 288 m² the property is well over the postcode median (134 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,004,000 sits 105.9% above the 2015 sale of £487,500. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in March 2015.
4 Main Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
4 Main Road has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of single storey side extension (resubmission following refusal of 16/00825/HOUSE)
4 Main Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,004,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£487,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
4 Main Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,693
Street avg £2,091
Floor Area
288 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
43.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Switched from oil to mains gas, reducing emissions and costs
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
Fuel source changed
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Cavity wall insulation installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water system changed
Hot water system upgraded
Solar PV panels (12 kWp) installed
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Extension: Single storey
Demolish existing garage, erect new single storey side/rear extension
26 March 2015Most recent
£487,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7LY: £365,000 (2021–2016).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
CM0 7LX
Dairy Stores — bus stop.
Flood risk
Low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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