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Get started188 Southbourne Grove is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2022); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£417/sq ft) was about 115.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2024 at £610,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erect single storey side and rear extension to be used as elderly persons accommodation; install dormer window to rear, convert roof from hipped roof to gable end and form accommodation in roofspace
Latest sale on 188 Southbourne Grove was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£642,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 28 years.
£610,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 28 years.
Years Held for 188 Southbourne Grove lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,485
Street avg £3,438
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

31 October 2024Most recent
£610,000
+281.3%over 20 years28 November 2003
£160,000
+168.9%over 6 years16 December 1996
£59,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS0 0AA: £480,000 (2024–2020).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SS0 0RP
Cavendish Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Thomas More High School. 28 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB
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