23 The Plovers, St Lawrence, Southminster, CM0 7PE

23 The Plovers is a detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7PE). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in September 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £348,000 sits 297.7% above the 1999 sale of £87,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 67.1% below the postcode norm.