26 Lymington Avenue, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2AU

26 Lymington Avenue is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 2AU). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 50 m² this is the 5th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–154 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (76 versus a worst of 34). The latest certificate (May 2020) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£520/sq ft) was about 111.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £280,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.