44 Somerset Avenue, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 0DL

44 Somerset Avenue is a detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 0DL). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 14 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 £554,000 sits 101.5% above the 2015 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 45% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in March 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.