49 Grove Road, Benfleet, SS7 1JH
About 49 Grove Road
49 Grove Road is a detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1JH). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump.
At 131 m² it's 22.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
49 Grove Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2018Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Construction of a part single storey side/ rear extension and a part two storey side extension plus a garage conversion and the addition of a flat roof balcony area to rear and fenestration alterations
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/0682/FUL
What's in 49 Grove Road, Benfleet, SS7 1JH's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
49 Grove Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£507,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS7 1JH: £463,750 (2024–2021).
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Versus other Grove Road homes
EPC Rating for 49 Grove Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
37 (F)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.3 km
High Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
South Benfleet Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB