3 Alder Close, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 4AA

3 Alder Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Laindon, Basildon, Basildon (SS15 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2019 for £410,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £501,000 is 22.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 103.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.