Flat 1, 4 Ditton Court Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7HG

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7HG). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 29 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (29–257 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.

Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 sits 52.3% above the 2022 sale of £86,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 47.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 58 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold May 2022 for £86,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.