43 Grand Court West, Grand Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1BQ

43 Grand Court West is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 5th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom.

At 50 m² it's 29.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold May 2024 for £295,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£548/sq ft) was about 117.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.