17 Ilfracombe Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 4PA

17 Ilfracombe Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southend On Sea (SS2 4PA). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). At 46 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–124 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 35 units on file.

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold May 2021 for £165,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 is 18.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 76.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.