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Get started1 Elgar Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 4BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£490/sq ft) was about 130.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2025. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £390,000. 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.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Jan 2024
Partial garage conversion with new roof and external alterations
Price for 1 Elgar Close has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 28 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 28 years.
1 Elgar Close is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£5,270
Street avg £4,125
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Tarpots Corner — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.5dB

22 August 2022Most recent
£390,000
+113.1%over 18 years10 February 2004
£183,000
+205.0%over 8 years10 February 1995
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS7 4BZ: £316,000 (2023–2012).
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
SS7 4HD
Closest school
0.4 km
Woodham Ley Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.4dB
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