2b, Beach Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7SW

2b is a one-bedroom detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 7SW). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £195,000 in October 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £255,000 is 30.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 137.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.