14a, Gills Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 7RG
About 14a
14a is a four-bedroom detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 7RG). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold December 2024 for £470,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 63.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 14a.
- Apr 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
First floor front extension
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/0183/FUL
- Aug 2005PorchFullIn report
Front Porch
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- CPT/365/05/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 14a was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 28 years.
£470,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
6 December 2024Most recent
£470,000
+504.5%over 27 years19 February 1997
£77,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS8 7RG: £280,500 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in SS8 7RG
16 Gills Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 7RG
Sold Feb 2023
£280,5007a, Gills Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 7RG
Sold Nov 2019
£255,0008 Gills Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 7RG
Sold Jul 2019
£370,0005b, Gills Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 7RG
Sold Jun 2018
£220,00012a, Gills Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 7RG
Sold Sept 2017
£340,000
Versus other Gills Avenue homes
Years Held for 14a lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,406
Street avg £2,928
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Normans Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Castle View School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







