40 Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3DN

40 Elmsleigh Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in August 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £575,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £657,000 is 14.3% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 20.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.