Elmsleigh Lofts, Flat 1, 12 Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3DN

Elmsleigh Lofts is an end-of-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 10th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in Elmsleigh Lofts, where floor areas span 24–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom.

At 53 m² it's 17.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 36 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 is 21% above the 2022 sale price. Sold June 2022 for £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.