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Get started15 Durley Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £389,000 sits 65.5% above the 2013 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 36.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 86 m² it's 22.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 13 years since the last transfer (August 2013).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2025
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£389,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 16 years.
£235,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 16 years.
EPC Rating for 15 Durley Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,733
Street avg £2,924
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Window efficiency improved
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29 August 2013Most recent
£235,000
+250.7%over 16 years25 July 1997
£67,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS7 1HJ: £440,000 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
SS7 1LA
Glen Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Kents Hill Infant Academy. 15 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB
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