Flat 2, 25 Central Avenue, Southend On Sea, SS2 5HR

Flat 2 is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southend On Sea (SS2 5HR). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 98 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 59–98 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (61 versus a best of 67). The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 98 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 40 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £294,000 is 10.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 56.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £265,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.