Detached 2 sales on record

39 PARK ROAD

BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP

£562,500

Location

Map view View on Google Maps View on OpenStreetMap Street View SS7 3PP

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type	Name	Distance
Bus stop	Park Road	0.1 miles
Shop	Make Me Gorgeous x	0.7 miles
Train station	Rayleigh	1.6 miles
University	University of Essex	6.1 miles

Property details

Tenure

Freehold

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

162 m²

EPC rating

Year built

England and Wales: 1930-1949

Last sold

£562,500 Mar 2026

Price per m²

£3,472/m²

Local average

£610,556 (45 sales)

Street crime

75 incidents within 1 mile (Jun 2026)

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

Current rating: C

Potential rating: B

Inspection date: 12/06/2025

Expiry date: 11/06/2035

Current heating cost: £1,143/year

Potential heating cost: £907/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £14,500

Recommendations

50 mm internal or external wall insulation (£4,000 - £14,000)
Floor insulation (suspended floor) (£800 - £1,200)
Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£3,500 - £5,500)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Price history

Event	Date	Price	Type	% change	Today’s value (HPI)	Action
Sold	09/03/2026	£562,500	Detached	+25%	£559,682 to May 2026	View transaction
Sold	30/09/2016	£450,000	Detached	—	£605,488 to May 2026	View transaction

Historic listings

Listing and sale events only where we matched the listing page to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

Event	Date	Price
sold	01/01/2026	£562,500
listed	19/06/2025	£575,000
sold	01/01/2016	£450,000
sold	01/01/2003	£249,995

Photos · Open listing

Sold comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Land Registry Price Paid Data.

Address	Price	Date	Type
3 COMMON APPROACH, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3LA	£563,000	12/12/2025	Detached
22 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP	£645,000	07/11/2025	Detached
32 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP	£425,000	03/08/2023	Detached
4 BURCHES MEAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PX	£500,000	30/03/2023	Detached
3 SILVERDALE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JR	£765,000	06/01/2023	Detached
12A LANGFORD CRESCENT, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JP	£410,000	09/12/2022	Detached
42 BORROWDALE CLOSE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HE	£355,000	03/11/2022	Detached
10 PRINCES AVENUE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AZ	£410,000	02/11/2022	Detached
2 SILVERDALE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JR	£850,000	04/08/2022	Detached
67 LANGFORD CRESCENT, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JP	£425,000	01/06/2022	Detached
33 BORROWDALE ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HD	£513,200	15/03/2022	Detached
33 PRINCES AVENUE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AZ	£450,000	03/03/2022	Detached
2 LANGFORD CRESCENT, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JP	£525,000	11/02/2022	Detached
1 BORROWDALE ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HD	£435,000	08/12/2021	Detached
29 KENNETH ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AU	£537,000	29/09/2021	Detached
53 KENNETH ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AU	£490,000	06/09/2021	Detached
471 CHURCH ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HB	£470,000	31/08/2021	Detached

Area average: £515,776 (17 sales)

For sale comparables

No active for-sale comparables found within 1 mile for the same bedrooms and property type.

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 17.5%

10y growth 14.1%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Castle Point. Series: Detached. As of May 2026.

1y (index) 2.1%

5y (index) 16.3%

10y (index) 43.5%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Castle Point. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,130/mo

Realistic £1,255/mo

Optimistic £1,381/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Castle Point.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Southend: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.

Title	Rent	Beds	Distance	As seen on
5 Bed Detached House, Eastern Road, SS6	£3,950/mo	5	0.93 miles	OpenRent

Average rent: £3,950/mo (1 listing)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.7%

Max investor price (0.8%) £493,750

Target investor price (1%) £395,000

Gross yield 8.4%

Cost-to-rent ratio 11.9×

Monthly cashflow £1,315/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term

Cash-on-cash ROI 9.7%

Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Registered land (INSPIRE)

This location falls inside an HM Land Registry INSPIRE registered freehold polygon.

Plot: ~306 m² (0.08 acres)

Source: HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons.

Street-level crime

Category	Count
Violence and sexual offences	28
Anti-social behaviour	13
Shoplifting	6
Criminal damage and arson	5
Other theft	5
Public order	5
Vehicle crime	5
Other crime	4
Drugs	2
Bicycle theft	1
Burglary	1
Total incidents	75

Within 1 mile during Jun 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name	Type	Distance	Ofsted
Thundersley Primary School	Primary	0.2 miles	Good — 6 Jul 2023
Kingston Primary School	Primary	0.3 miles	Outstanding — 22 Jan 2024
Cedar Hall School	Other	0.4 miles	Good — 22 Oct 2013
USP College	Other	0.5 miles	— (No rating)
The Robert Drake Primary School	Primary	0.6 miles	Good — 21 Mar 2024

FENSA

Window and door installation certificates found for this address.

Issued	Work completed	Windows	Doors
23/06/2022	27/05/2022	1	1
25/07/2016	23/10/2007	14	3

# 39 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP

## Property details

- Slug: `cbb7fbb` (address key hash: `cbb7fbb507d884dc265012ac9a6a3e0f132d968c`)
- Postcode: SS7 3PP
- Transactions on record: 2

- Tenure: Freehold
- Property type: Detached
- Bedrooms: 5
- Bathrooms: 2
- Floor area: 162 m²
- EPC rating: C
- Year built: England and Wales: 1930-1949
- Last sold: £562,500 Mar 2026
- Price per m²: £3,472/m²
- Local average: £610,556 (45 sales)
- Street crime: 75 incidents within 1 mile (Jun 2026)

## Latest sale

- Price: £562,500
- Date: 2026-03-09
- Type: D
- Tenure: F

## EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

- **Current rating:** C
- **Potential rating:** B
- **Expiry date:** 11/06/2035
- **Current heating cost:** £1,143/year
- **Est. upgrade cost to C:** £14,500

### Recommendations
- Q (£4,000 - £14,000)
- W1 (£800 - £1,200)
- U (£3,500 - £5,500)

[View full EPC on gov.uk](https://find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/9825-3051-9206-8385-5204)

## Price history

| Event | Date | Price | Type | % change | Today’s value (HPI) | Transaction |
|-------|------|-------|------|--------|---------------------|-------------|
| Sold | 2026-03-09 | £562,500 | Detached | +25% | £559,682 (to May 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/4e75c29d-2054-8922-e063-4804a8c094d0) |
| Sold | 2016-09-30 | £450,000 | Detached | — | £605,488 (to May 2026) | [View](http://87.117.209.195:8080/house-prices/404a5af3-69e6-cd2b-e050-a8c063055c7b) |

*Today’s value (HPI): adjusted using published house price index trends for the area and property type; not a valuation of the property today.*

## Sales History

*Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 39 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP | £562,500 | 09/03/2026 | Detached |
| 39 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP | £450,000 | 30/09/2016 | Detached |

## Historic listings

Listing activity only where we matched the listing to a Land Registry sale already on record for this address.

- Matched listing: [163531256](http://87.117.209.195:8080/listings/6735b51)

| Event | Date | Price |
|-------|------|-------|
| sold | 2026-01-01 | £562,500 |
| listed | 2025-06-19 | £575,000 |
| sold | 2016-01-01 | £450,000 |
| sold | 2003-01-01 | £249,995 |

## Sold Comparables

*Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.*

| Address | Price | Date | Type |
|---------|-------|------|------|
| 3 COMMON APPROACH, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3LA | £563,000 | 12/12/2025 | Detached |
| 22 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP | £645,000 | 07/11/2025 | Detached |
| 32 PARK ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PP | £425,000 | 03/08/2023 | Detached |
| 4 BURCHES MEAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3PX | £500,000 | 30/03/2023 | Detached |
| 3 SILVERDALE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JR | £765,000 | 06/01/2023 | Detached |
| 12A LANGFORD CRESCENT, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JP | £410,000 | 09/12/2022 | Detached |
| 42 BORROWDALE CLOSE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HE | £355,000 | 03/11/2022 | Detached |
| 10 PRINCES AVENUE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AZ | £410,000 | 02/11/2022 | Detached |
| 2 SILVERDALE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JR | £850,000 | 04/08/2022 | Detached |
| 67 LANGFORD CRESCENT, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JP | £425,000 | 01/06/2022 | Detached |
| 33 BORROWDALE ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HD | £513,200 | 15/03/2022 | Detached |
| 33 PRINCES AVENUE, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AZ | £450,000 | 03/03/2022 | Detached |
| 2 LANGFORD CRESCENT, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3JP | £525,000 | 11/02/2022 | Detached |
| 1 BORROWDALE ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HD | £435,000 | 08/12/2021 | Detached |
| 29 KENNETH ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AU | £537,000 | 29/09/2021 | Detached |
| 53 KENNETH ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3AU | £490,000 | 06/09/2021 | Detached |
| 471 CHURCH ROAD, BENFLEET, CASTLE POINT, ESSEX, SS7 3HB | £470,000 | 31/08/2021 | Detached |

**Area average:** £515,776 (17 sales)

## Capital growth trend

*Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.*

- **5y growth:** 17.5%
- **10y growth:** 14.1%

## House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

*Official index for Castle Point; Detached series; as of May 2026.*

- **1y growth (index):** 2.1%
- **5y growth (index):** 16.3%
- **10y growth (index):** 43.5%

## Rental Range

*ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Castle Point). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.*

- **Low:** £1,130/mo
- **Realistic:** £1,255/mo
- **Optimistic:** £1,381/mo

## LHA (Local Housing Allowance)

*VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Southend (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).*

## Rental Comparables

*Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.*

| Title | Rent | Beds | Distance | As seen on |
|------|------|------|------|------|
| 5 Bed Detached House, Eastern Road, SS6 | £3,950/mo | 5 | 0.93 miles | OpenRent |

**Average rent: £3,950/mo (1 listing)**

## 1% Rule

- **Rent ratio:** 0.7% (weak for cashflow)
- **Max investor price (0.8%):** £493,750
- **Target investor price (1%):** £395,000

*Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on OpenRent comparables.*

## Rent-driven metrics

*Based on OpenRent comparables (median £3,950/mo).*

- **Gross yield:** 8.4%
- **Cost-to-rent:** 11.9×
- **Monthly cashflow:** £1,315/mo (75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term)
- **Cash-on-cash ROI:** 9.7%

*Gross yield = annual rent as % of price (no costs). Cost-to-rent = price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables); under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed. Cashflow = rent − mortgage − 10% maintenance − £25/mo compliance; assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term. ROI = annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).*

## Flood risk

- **Zone:** 1
- **Risk:** Low
- **Source:** Job (default Low)

[Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)

## Street-level crime

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Violence and sexual offences | 28 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 |
| Shoplifting | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| **Total incidents** | **75** |

*Within 1 mile during Jun 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).*

## Schools nearby

*Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown.*

| Name | Type | Distance | Ofsted |
|------|------|----------|--------|
| Thundersley Primary School | Primary | 0.2 miles | Good — 6 Jul 2023 |
| Kingston Primary School | Primary | 0.3 miles | Outstanding — 22 Jan 2024 |
| Cedar Hall School | Other | 0.4 miles | Good — 22 Oct 2013 |
| USP College | Other | 0.5 miles | — (No rating) |
| The Robert Drake Primary School | Primary | 0.6 miles | Good — 21 Mar 2024 |

## FENSA Certificates

This property has 2 FENSA certificate(s) on record.

### FENSA Certificate #15234598
- **Address:** 39 Park Road, BENFLEET, SS7 3PP
- **Certificate Issued:** 23/06/2022
- **Work Completed:** 27/05/2022
- **Items:** 1 window(s), 1 door(s)

### FENSA Certificate #11758725
- **Address:** 39 Park Road, BENFLEET, SS7 3PP
- **Certificate Issued:** 25/07/2016
- **Work Completed:** 23/10/2007
- **Items:** 14 window(s), 3 door(s)