4 Bate Dudley Drive, Bradwell On Sea, Southminster, CM0 7QG

4 Bate Dudley Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Bradwell-On-Sea, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7QG). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold February 2021 for £322,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 is 15.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.