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Get started20 Hernen Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 8BT). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £330,000 is 21.1% above the 2021 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 72 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 20 EPCs). Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £272,500. 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.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Apr 2024
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
Extension: Side of property
Single storey side extension
20 Hernen Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£330,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 7 years.
£272,500
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 7 years.
Years Held for 20 Hernen Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,785
Street avg £4,300
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 64 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 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
48.8dB

Proposed front dormer
21 April 2021Most recent
£272,500
+36.3%over 5 years4 December 2015
£200,000
+8.1%over 1 year13 June 2014
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS8 8BT: £305,000 (2025–2020).
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
SS8 8BE
Whernside Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery. 12 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Very low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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