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Get started42 Borrowdale Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 3HE). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£559/sq ft) was about 97.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold November 2022 for £355,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
42 Borrowdale Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£367,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 26 years.
£355,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 26 years.
Price per m² for 42 Borrowdale Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,017
Street avg £3,295
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
48.4dB

3 November 2022Most recent
£355,000
+378.1%over 25 years26 September 1997
£74,250
+23.8%over 7 months28 February 1997
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS7 3HE: £407,500 (2025–2023).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
SS7 3SB
Church Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Kingston Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB
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