43 Fairleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 2HZ

43 Fairleigh Drive is a semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 2HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. At 73 m² this is the 5th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–140 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 28 units on file.

Held since March 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–1996, sale prices on this property compounded at -32.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 sits 1482.4% above the 1996 sale of £17,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£22/sq ft) was about 91.8% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 73 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs).