7b, Oakleigh Park Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1RP

7b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1RP). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 34 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (34–151 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 47 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Good.

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (92 m² across 46 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £195,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 121.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.