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Get started2 Helden Avenue is a two-bedroom detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 8BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£539/sq ft) was about 90.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £290,000 in August 2025. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 50 m² it's 17.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (43 m² median across 14 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Front And Rear Dormers And Roof Alterations
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 23 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 23 years.
Years Held for 2 Helden Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,800
Street avg £4,663
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 58 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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27 August 2025Most recent
£290,000
+21.3%over 6 years14 February 2019
£239,000
+44.8%over 4 years4 July 2014
£165,000
+3.8%over 3 years17 September 2010
£159,000
+8.2%over 5 years5 August 2005
£147,000
+42.7%over 3 years26 July 2002
£103,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS8 8BZ: £310,000 (2025–2023).
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
38.4dB
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