198 Southbourne Grove, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 0AA

198 Southbourne Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold August 2022 for £549,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 76.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.