28 Vista Avenue, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0DW
About 28 Vista Avenue
28 Vista Avenue is a two-bedroom detached house in Kirby-Le-Soken, Frinton-On-Sea, Frinton On Sea (CO13 0DW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 sits 58.8% above the 2014 sale of £177,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 78 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Last sold in January 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
- GarageIntegral
Energy performance
28 Vista Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
28 Vista Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey extension to the rear elevation of an existing bungalow.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00393/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
28 Vista Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£281,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£177,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 January 2014Most recent
£177,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO13 0DW: £259,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in CO13 0DW
44 Vista Avenue, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0DW
Sold Dec 2024
£245,00027 Vista Avenue, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0DW
Sold Jul 2022
£377,75029 Vista Avenue, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0DW
Sold Feb 2019
£345,00048 Vista Avenue, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0DW
Sold Oct 2016
£350,00033 Vista Avenue, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0DW
Sold Jul 2012
£240,000
Everything we know about 28 Vista Avenue, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Vista Avenue homes
On habitable rooms, 28 Vista Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,269
Street avg £2,726
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Lift Hamford. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB