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Get started17 Fairmead Avenue is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Benfleet (SS7 2UQ). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 11.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 79.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold March 2023 for £519,500.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey rear/side extension and first floor gable end extension including front and rear dormers
Latest sale on 17 Fairmead Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£544,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.2% per year over 5 years.
£519,500
Growth on file: 11.2% per year over 5 years.
On epc rating, 17 Fairmead Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,684
Street avg £3,388
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
46.1dB

24 March 2023Most recent
£519,500
+74.9%over 5 years14 December 2017
£297,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS7 2UQ: £400,000 (2025–2016).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
SS7 2AH
Fairmead Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Westwood Academy. 16 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB
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