1 Hermitage Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7NQ

1 Hermitage Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2015) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 sits 149.7% above the 2011 sale of £185,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 15 years since the last transfer (August 2011).