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About 8 Carlton Drive
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Carlton Drive is a detached house in Benfleet (SS7 3YQ). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 is 22.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 34.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £385,000 in October 2020.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
8 Carlton Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Price for 8 Carlton Drive has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£471,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2020)
£385,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Carlton Drive homes
Four headline reads against 26 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
8 Carlton Drive is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£3,407
Street avg £3,122
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Benfleet district page.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cranbrook Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SS7 3YQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 45 points of interest in total.
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