9 Boscombe Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 5JE

9 Boscombe Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Southend On Sea (SS2 5JE). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2002–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £379,000 sits 76.3% above the 2011 sale of £215,000. Last sold in August 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years.