16a, Cliff Parade, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1AS

16a is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1AS). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.

At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£706/sq ft) was about 127.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.