19 Macdonald Avenue, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 9BW

19 Macdonald Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 9BW). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 27.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £399,000 sits 73.5% above the 2007 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.