98 Lower Street, Basildon, SS15 4BB

98 Lower Street is a one-bedroom detached house in Basildon (SS15 4BB). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 50 m² this is the 10th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–142 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 31 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sold February 2023 for £198,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 50 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 109.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.