7 Belfairs Court, Arterial Road, Leigh On Sea, SS9 4SJ

7 Belfairs Court is a two-bedroom detached house in Leigh On Sea (SS9 4SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 59 m² this is the 6th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 56–60 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 104% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £255,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.