1 Curlew Crescent, Basildon, SS16 5HR

1 Curlew Crescent is a five-bedroom detached house in Basildon (SS16 5HR). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1846 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in June 2011. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £566,000 sits 61.7% above the 2011 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 37.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.