4 Avenue Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1AX
About 4 Avenue Road
4 Avenue Road is a semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
Held since April 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £503,000 sits 370.1% above the 1998 sale of £107,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 57.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Avenue Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at 4 Avenue Road in 2023.
- Apr 2024AmendmentIn report
Replace plan number 1580-04A with 1580-04B - external wall coping changed from brick on edge to precast concrete coping (non-material amendment of planning permission 23/01579/FULH dated 19/01/2024)
- Agent
- Estuary Design Ltd
- Reference
- 24/00495/NON
- Jan 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect single storey rear extension and alter side elevation (amended proposal)
- Agent
- Estuary Design Ltd
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01579/FULH
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
4 Avenue Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£503,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£107,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 April 1998Most recent
£107,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 1AX: £456,255 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in SS9 1AX
Everything we know about 4 Avenue Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Avenue Road homes
EPC Rating for 4 Avenue Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£982
Street avg £3,648
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Redcliff Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Leigh North Street Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB