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About 53 Downer Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
53 Downer Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 155.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £430,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private garden
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Apr 2023
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
53 Downer Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2014.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£440,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 9 years.
Last sold (2022)
£430,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Downer Road homes
Four headline reads against 30 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
53 Downer Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,733
Street avg £2,895
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Kents Hill Road North — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SS7 1BQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB
Everything within walking distance
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