7 Walnut Close, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 4DS

7 Walnut Close is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Laindon, Basildon, Basildon (SS15 4DS). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. At 46 m² this is the 6th 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 bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (66 versus a best of 83). The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 46 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 is 18.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£404/sq ft) was about 37.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.