19a, Rockleigh Avenue, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1LA

19a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 54 m² this is the 10th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–206 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2022 for £270,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 131.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.