15 Spruce Close, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 4DF

15 Spruce Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Laindon, Basildon, Basildon (SS15 4DF). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 14th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–126 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 24 units on file.

Last sale on file: £185,000 in August 2021. Across the public record there are 6 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 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 53.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.