31a, St Vincents Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7PP

31a is a two-bedroom detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7PP). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

At 78 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 34 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £273,000 is 24.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in November 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.