70 The Grove, Southend On Sea, SS2 4DB

70 The Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southend On Sea (SS2 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £373,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 is 20.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 65.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.