Elmsleigh Lofts, Flat 5, 12 Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3DN

Elmsleigh Lofts is a semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 7th 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.

On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 42.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 36 EPCs). Last sale on file: £240,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.