1 Balmoral Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7DG

1 Balmoral Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since September 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 65 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 559% above the 1996 sale of £39,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 75.3% below the postcode norm.