17 Walnut Close, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 4DS

17 Walnut Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Laindon, Basildon, Basildon (SS15 4DS). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2019) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 43 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 66).

At 43 m² it's 21.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 16 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 is 14.9% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£348/sq ft) was about 18.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £161,000 in November 2023.