Flat 1, 2 Britannia Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 8BS

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 8BS). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 33 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–82 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 44 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold April 2022 for £186,000. Across the public record there are 6 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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£524/sq ft) was about 201.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.