3 The Street, Kirby Le Soken, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0EE

3 The Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Kirby-Le-Soken, Frinton-On-Sea, Frinton On Sea (CO13 0EE). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in November 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Very Good.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (120 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. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 sits 88.4% above the 2007 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 19% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.