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EPC B
About 197 Oakfield Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
197 Oakfield Road is a semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1DT). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. The latest certificate (February 2022) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 21.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £550,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
197 Oakfield Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
A
B
B86
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Good
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
1.7 t/year
Occupancy
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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£563,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.8% per year over 2 years.
Last sold (2022)
£550,000
Growth on file: 21.8% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Oakfield Road homes
Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On years held, 197 Oakfield Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,957
Street avg £3,754
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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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 1DT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB
Everything within walking distance
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