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Get started1 Alma Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 2EG). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £391,000 is 23% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 124.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2022. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Sold November 2018 for £318,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Jul 2024
Construction of loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front plus new render finish to external walls
1 Alma Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 7 years.
£318,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 7 years.
Price per m² for 1 Alma Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,786
Street avg £2,659
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
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2 November 2018Most recent
£318,000
+59.0%over 7 years16 September 2011
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS7 2EG: £325,000 (2024–2018).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
SS7 2AZ
Woodfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School. 14 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB
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