17 Chancel Close, Benfleet, SS7 4ET

17 Chancel Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Benfleet (SS7 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1375 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 sits 60.9% above the 2012 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 19.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.