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Get started7 Beech Avenue is a semi-detached house in Brentwood (CM13 2DS). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have lagged Brentwood HPI: -3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£572/sq ft) was about 106.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 70 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £431,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A HMO conversion application was refused at 7 Beech Avenue in 2024.
Change of Use of existing dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 9 unit House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis).
7 Beech Avenue changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -3.1% per year over 1 year.
£431,000
Growth on file: -3.1% per year over 1 year.
On price per m², 7 Beech Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,157
Street avg £3,919
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
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Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single storey part two storey rear and side extension with hip to gable roof and roof light
2 more applications for this property
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7 December 2022Most recent
£431,000
-3.1%3 August 2022
£445,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM13 2DS: £440,000 (2024–2016).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
Cherry Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hogarth Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB
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