24 Abbotts Close, Leigh On Sea, SS9 4DQ

24 Abbotts Close is a detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 4DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £354,000 sits 261.2% above the 1999 sale of £98,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 33.7% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.