Elmsleigh Lofts, Flat 6, 12 Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3DN

Elmsleigh Lofts is a mid-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3DN). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 37 m² this is the 2nd 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 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (64 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 24.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £162,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.