17 Marlborough Avenue, Tillingham, Southminster, CM0 7TN

17 Marlborough Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Tillingham, Southminster, Southminster (CM0 7TN). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

It hasn't traded since February 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £535,000 sits 89.4% above the 2008 sale of £282,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£153/sq ft) was about 21.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 171 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 7 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.