5 Wick Farm Road, St Lawrence, Southminster, CM0 7PF

5 Wick Farm Road is a four-bedroom detached house in St. Lawrence, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7PF). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £400,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.