188a, Leigh Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1BT

188a is an end-of-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1BT). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 95 m² this is the 12th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 20–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 14 units on file. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £300,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 84.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.