8 Drake Road, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 8LP

8 Drake Road is a seven-bedroom detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 8LP). It has a recorded floor area of 361 m² (around 3886 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

At 361 m² the property is well over the postcode median (258 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in January 2017. Across 2003–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,305,000 is 18.6% above the 2017 sale price.