16 Beck Road, Canvey Island, SS8 7QW

16 Beck Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 7QW). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.

Held since November 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £248,000 sits 504.9% above the 1997 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 62.9% below the postcode norm. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.