Greenfields, Dunton Road, Basildon, SS15 4BU

Greenfields is a three-bedroom detached house in Basildon (SS15 4BU). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 912 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (169 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £659,000 sits 58.8% above the 2010 sale of £415,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 67.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.