4 Clarence Close, Benfleet, SS7 1DG

4 Clarence Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £579,000 is 41.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 21.2% below the postcode norm. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.