73 Vicarage Hill, Benfleet, SS7 1PD

73 Vicarage Hill is a five-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1PD). It has a recorded floor area of 395 m² (around 4252 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,248,000 is 43.4% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 21.4% below the postcode norm. At 395 m² the property is well over the postcode median (172 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014.