25 Cotswold Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 8AA

25 Cotswold Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 8AA). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £658,000 is 22.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 93.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold July 2022 for £537,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.