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Get started12 Essex Close is a one-bedroom detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £258,000 is 16.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 89.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £221,000. 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.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£258,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£221,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On floor area, 12 Essex Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,804
Street avg £2,724
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

21 May 2021Most recent
£221,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS8 0DE: £285,000 (2024–2015).
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
SS8 0HD
Jasmine Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
William Read Primary Academy. 12 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Very low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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