1 Southborough Drive, Westcliff On Sea, SS0 9XG

1 Southborough Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Westcliff On Sea (SS0 9XG). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (92 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £261,000 in April 2021. 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 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£398/sq ft) was about 55.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.