3 Fifth Avenue, Frinton On Sea, CO13 9LQ

3 Fifth Avenue is a two-bedroom detached house in Frinton On Sea (CO13 9LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69).

At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 is 10.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£330/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.