Howards Court, Flat 24, Balmoral Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7DG

Howards Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 4th smallest of 46 units on EPC record in Howards Court, where floor areas span 40–98 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Sold October 2023 for £76,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 42 m² it's 17.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 65 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 is 34.6% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 22.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.