156 Cumberland Avenue, Benfleet, SS7 1DY

156 Cumberland Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1DY). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in December 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £769,000 sits 491.5% above the 1995 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 79.8% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.