The Finches, Flat 1, 186 Carlton Avenue, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 0QQ

The Finches is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 0QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft). At 62 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across The Finches (62–86 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2016) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 62 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 45 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 is 15.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 27.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £210,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.