28 Hamstel Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 4PF

28 Hamstel Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Southend On Sea (SS2 4PF). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £476,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£271/sq ft) was about 41.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £420,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.