15 Craven Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 0DJ

15 Craven Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in October 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 sits 998% above the 1997 sale of £25,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 79.4% below the postcode norm. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.