1 Cliff Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1HJ
About 1 Cliff Road
1 Cliff Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1111 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since October 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £685,000 sits 63.1% above the 2010 sale of £420,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 103 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 19 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
1 Cliff Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Feb 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 1 Cliff Road.
- Jun 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erect two storey rear extension
- Agent
- SKArchitects
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00527/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Cliff Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£685,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 19.2% per year over 14 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 19.2% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
28 October 2010Most recent
£420,000
+12.9%over 2 years4 January 2008
£372,000
+42.0%over 4 years20 November 2003
£262,000
+608.1%over 6 years16 December 1996
£37,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 1HJ: £730,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in SS9 1HJ
Everything we know about 1 Cliff Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area

Versus other Cliff Road homes
1 Cliff Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£4,067
Street avg £3,655
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Kings Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Chalkwell Hall Infant School. 26 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB