22 Ditton Court Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7HG

22 Ditton Court Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7HG). It has a recorded floor area of 266 m² (around 2863 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 266 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 58 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£248/sq ft) was about 35% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2024 at £710,000.