262 Central Avenue, Southend-On-Sea SS2 4EE

End-Terrace flat · Built 1930-1949 · 55 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £700 · £700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1305.4 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£14,000 – £0£14149.7 yrs+4.7 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£917
per year at grade D
£646
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £130 a year — a 18.6% annual return on £700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £578 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

3 February 2025£238,000
22 December 2020£209,000
24 August 2018£196,000
17 June 2016£161,000
17 June 2016£161,000
2 June 2006£119,995
11 June 2004£110,000
5 December 2003£65,000

Estimated today: £232,298 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Central Avenue: 602 sales since 1995 · £266,520 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hamstel Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Hamstel Infant School and NurseryPrimary0.2 mi
Bournemouth Park AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Southchurch High SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.72 · well below average (2023/24)
Cecil Jones AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.75 · well below average (2023/24)
Southend High School for GirlsSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

4.3
crimes a month
30
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 70% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015872, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Central Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

245
graded homes
59.9
average score
D
most common grade
+7.1
this home vs street
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