12 Beech Road, Benfleet, SS7 2AZ

12 Beech Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 2AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 49 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–173 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 24 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 is 18.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 87.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £164,098 in February 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.