81a, Shakespeare Drive, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 9AA

81a is a semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 9AA). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. At 48 m² this is the 5th smallest of 49 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–106 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 49 units on file.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 48 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in March 2015. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2004–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 is 43.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 51.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.