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Get started3 The Plovers is a detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7PE). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since December 1999, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £219,000 sits 525.7% above the 1999 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 73% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
3 The Plovers sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension and front porch
3 The Plovers's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£219,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£35,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
EPC Rating for 3 The Plovers lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£778
Street avg £3,249
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 55 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Retention of 1) planning permission ref:MAL/202/79 without compliance with condition no. 4 (occupancy restriction), 2) planning permission ref: MAL/554/80 without compliance with condition no.1 (occupancy restriction) and 3) planning permission ref: MAL/394/81 without compliance with the description of development (occupancy restriction), to allow all year round occupancy.
3 December 1999Most recent
£35,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM0 7PE: £247,000 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
CM0 7HL
Dairy Stores — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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