What kind of home is 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ sell for?

13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ last sold for £655,000 in March 2021, around 5 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

The current EPC rating for 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ is E with a score of 45 out of 100, lodged in May 2019. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (1,604 sq ft), around 37 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 37% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in SS9 1DQ. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ use?

The latest EPC at 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ is in council tax band E.

Which area is 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ in?

13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ sits in Leigh On Sea. It falls within the SS9 postcode district.

What is crime like near 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

Police records around 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 7 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 48% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

The closest primary school to 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ is Leigh North Street Primary School (564m), one of 17 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Westcliff High School for Girls (1.2km), with 8 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ?

The closest bus stop to 13 Highcliff Drive, SS9 1DQ is Leigh Cliff Road, 156m away. The nearest rail option is Chalkwell Rail Station, 553m away.

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13 Highcliff Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1DQ

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

149 m²

1604 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 45

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 13 Highcliff Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

13 Highcliff Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £739,000 is 12.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 59% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £655,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

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Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms4

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

13 Highcliff Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

E45

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

9.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 13 Highcliff Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1DQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

13 Highcliff Drive has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

5applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£739,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£655,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

5 March 2021Most recent
£655,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 1DQ: £375,000 (2025–2024).

Nearby sales in SS9 1DQ

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On the street

Versus other Highcliff Drive homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

13 Highcliff Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.

Price per m²

£4,396

Street avg £3,515

Above

Floor Area

149 m²

Street avg 139 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

9.0 t/year

Street avg 5.7 t/year

Strongly below

Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Leigh On Sea district page.

Full Leigh On Sea report

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Leigh Cliff Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Leigh North Street Primary School. 25 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SS9 1DQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for SS9 1DQ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.7dB

Low

55 dB

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65 dB

70 dB

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FAQ

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