897 London Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3LL

897 London Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 3LL). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £325,000 in April 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 14.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 135.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.