1 The Glen, Vange, Basildon, SS16 4XJ

1 The Glen is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Vange, Basildon, Basildon (SS16 4XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. At 39 m² this is the 4th smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 43 units on file.

Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £160,000. Across the public record there are 4 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 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 141.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 39 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 42 EPCs).