1c, Genesta Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 8DB

1c is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the 12th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–151 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

At 52 m² it's 23% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £210,000 in October 2022. 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. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 185.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.