81 Vicarage Hill, Benfleet, SS7 1PD

81 Vicarage Hill is a four-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1PD). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The property has solar panels and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,131,000 is 47.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£413/sq ft) was about 71.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 172 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (215 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Last sold in March 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.