1 Bedford Road, Basildon, SS15 6PG

1 Bedford Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Basildon (SS15 6PG). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1931 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 179 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £545,000 sits 69.3% above the 2010 sale of £322,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£167/sq ft) was about 33.3% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.