1a, Claremont Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7DX

1a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7DX). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 86 m² this is the 25th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–173 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 80). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since February 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 52.1% above the 2007 sale of £152,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 20.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 86 m² it's 17.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 35 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).