11a, Palmeira Avenue, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 7RP

11a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 7RP). It has a recorded floor area of 19 m² (around 205 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on electricity. At 19 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–288 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 34 units on file.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£944/sq ft) was about 817.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 19 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £193,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.