31 Fairleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2HZ
About 31 Fairleigh Drive
31 Fairleigh Drive is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 2HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 112 m² it's 15.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 27 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £626,000 is 24% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 90% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £505,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageEn bloc
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
31 Fairleigh Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/00157/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£626,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£505,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 April 2021Most recent
£505,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 2HZ: £592,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in SS9 2HZ
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Sold Oct 2023
£599,99551 Fairleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2HZ
Sold Apr 2023
£465,00029 Fairleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2HZ
Sold Nov 2022
£690,00017 Fairleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2HZ
Sold Oct 2022
£592,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Fairleigh Drive homes
31 Fairleigh Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,509
Street avg £3,799
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
0.3 km
Kingswood Chase — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
West Leigh Infant School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB