17 Appleby Drive, Langdon Hills, Basildon, SS16 6NU

17 Appleby Drive is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Langdon Hills, Basildon, Basildon (SS16 6NU). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 sits 411% above the 1997 sale of £63,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 50.6% below the postcode norm. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs).