51 First Avenue is a semi-detached house in Walton On The Naze (CO14 8JP). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2022 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 93.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 62 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 31 EPCs). Last sale on file: £176,500 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
51 First Avenue has no planning applications on record.
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51 First Avenue has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£193,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 25 years.
£176,500
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 25 years.
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On floor area, 51 First Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,847
Street avg £2,017
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
12 August 2022Most recent
£176,500
+488.3%over 25 years15 July 1997
£30,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO14 8JP: £198,200 (2025–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
CO14 8FU
First Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Walton on the Naze Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB