54a, Genesta Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 8DB

54a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). At 79 m² this is the 19th 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 across 31 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 79 m² it's 24.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 30 EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£400/sq ft) was about 200% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £340,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.