Blackberry Cottage, Trusses Road, Bradwell On Sea, Southminster, CM0 7QS

Blackberry Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Bradwell-On-Sea, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7QS). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 74.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 255 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £740,000 in April 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.