158 Royston Avenue, Southend On Sea, SS2 4BW

158 Royston Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Southend On Sea (SS2 4BW). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 sits 106.1% above the 2003 sale of £179,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 27.9% below the postcode norm. At 123 m² it's 24.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).