26 Leigh Cliff Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1DJ

26 Leigh Cliff Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since July 1999 — that's 27 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 116 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 sits 337.4% above the 1999 sale of £117,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 56.4% below the postcode norm.