2 Linden Court, London Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3LJ

2 Linden Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 60 m² this is the 14th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–77 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (43 versus a best of 75). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sold August 2021 for £242,500. Across the public record there are 6 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. At 60 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (52 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 is 17.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 59.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.