26 Louisa Avenue, Benfleet, SS7 4DA

26 Louisa Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 4DA). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £698,000 is 18.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 31.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £590,000 in November 2020.