1a, Cranleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 1SX

1a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 1SX). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). At 53 m² this is the 13th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–120 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 37 units on file.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £260,000. 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 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £288,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 102.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.