23 Barbara Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 0HA
About 23 Barbara Avenue
23 Barbara Avenue is a detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 0HA). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2025) returns a high B (score 91), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95).
At 99 m² it's 21.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
23 Barbara Avenue ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Solar PV panels (40 kWp) installed
Planning history
23 Barbara Avenue has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Construction Of Single Storey Side Extension With Pitched Roof
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- CPT/653/13/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
23 Barbara Avenue has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£425,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS8 0HA: £375,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in SS8 0HA
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Sold May 2025
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Sold Mar 2025
£375,00019 Barbara Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 0HA
Sold Nov 2021
£400,00011 Barbara Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 0HA
Sold Aug 2021
£327,500
Versus other Barbara Avenue homes
EPC Rating for 23 Barbara Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
91 (B)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 88 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
Thames Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Canvey Junior School. 12 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







