44b, Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3DN

44b is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. Other recorded features include a basement and a loft.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (64 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £205,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 5 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 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 26.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.