23 Collingwood Road, Basildon, SS16 4DN

23 Collingwood Road is an end-of-terrace house in Basildon (SS16 4DN). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 17 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 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 142.4% above the 2014 sale of £118,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 21.7% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.