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About 7 Cross Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
7 Cross Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 1RP). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £395,000 sits 54.9% above the 2015 sale of £255,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 81.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it's 29.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 9 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 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (March 2015).
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parking
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
7 Cross Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jan 2025
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 7 Cross Road, Benfleet, SS7 1RP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
7 Cross Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2016ExtensionFullApproval
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 18 years.
Last sold (2015)
£255,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Cross Road homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 7 Cross Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,806
Street avg £3,432
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Cranbrook Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SS7 1RP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB
Everything within walking distance
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