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About 173 Kimberley Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
173 Kimberley Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1DS). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 19% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£508/sq ft) was about 93.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £295,000. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Garage
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 Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E39
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 173 Kimberley Road, Benfleet, SS7 1DS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at 173 Kimberley Road in 2021.
- Dec 2021ExtensionFullApproval
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£295,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Kimberley Road homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 173 Kimberley Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,463
Street avg £3,735
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Benfleet district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SS7 1DS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 46 points of interest in total.
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