Leigh-on-Sea/Westcliff-on-Sea/Southend-on-Sea?

[micshi]

Am looking to move to this area, and have been looking in the Leigh-on-Sea/Westcliff-on-Sea area within 10 minutes walk of Chalkwell beach (for sea swimming), but since then beautiful houses have come up in Clifftown and Milton conservation areas. What are these areas like to live in?

That's a gorgeous house, in a great location, though trying to downsize from a 4 bed house, now my youngest is nearly off to uni. Ideally looking for a 3 bed, for around £700k, and now after all your advice, south of The Broadway/Leigh Rd. Also ideally would want a semi-detached and also ideally have a drive, though appreciate I might be waiting a while for a house like this to come along!

I do love that a lot of houses in Leigh-on-Sea have balconies. Just imagining morning coffees, outdoors, in the summer......

I constantly look at downsizing in this area. The house that PPs have linked is the best I have seen, at that price, in that area for a while.
I have to say, If you really want to live in Leigh you have to accept that, close to The Broadway, close to Chalkwell beach, close to Chalkwell, with off street parking

I really like Westcliff. My niece has got a beautiful original semi and done it up a treat. It’s near all the things she wants to be near, the same house in Leigh would be £850,000 now. She paid £300,000 and a developer has just sold one two doors down to her for £550,000. There is a lot of work going in Westcliff, especially as a few of the old landlords have either died or selling up because slumlords can’t operate any longer

I know, I'm most likely going to have to compromise somewhere. This house, whilst cheaper than the house I'm selling, is quite a lot larger. I'm just conscious of when my daughter eventually moves out properly, it'll just be me, and my partner, rattling around in a large 4 bedroom house.

There are of course loads of apartments then that might suit. But in my opinion they are overpriced. They can however be brilliant for downsizing, and if I could afford a seafront apartment, near Chalkwell station, that would be my perfection.

Argyll House in Westcliff is a beautiful building, but wouldn't want the worry of a leasehold, plus I've got into growing veg recently!
I've got very bespoke requirements!😂

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/171475031#/?channel=RESBUY

How about this bungalow? Only 2 beds but meets all other wants / needs beautifully.

ETA: I know it isn't a perfect place, there are things I would definitely change (I hate the tiled floor for e.g.) but it's a great location and great plot so everything I personally dislike could be changed!

Hi, i do love the outside of this house, but even though it's been recently refurbished, I'd want to rip the whole lot out and start again! So £675k is too much (and I expect priced higher as refurbished), though it's detached, which is great. And yes those tiles are horrendous, why are they all over the house?!

Totally agree someone has done a poor job with a basically good house in a great location. Maybe they had dogs, hence the (very ugly) tiles.
As always with house hunting, it's going to be about where to make compromises!

Yep! There seems to be a lot of houses coming on the market at the moment, so there should be something that ticks most of the boxes soon🙏