29 Highcliff Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1DQ

29 Highcliff Drive is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 27.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Last sale on file: £650,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.