196 Scrub Lane, Benfleet SS7 2JW

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 106 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas, Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £700 · £700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£749.4 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£40£312.3 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,500 – £500£6943.6 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£5850+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,363
per year at grade D
£1,159
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £74 a year — a 10.6% annual return on £700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £860 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 October 2015£300,000
12 April 2002£178,995
15 July 1996£110,000

Estimated today: £435,312 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Scrub Lane: 97 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hadleigh Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Hadleigh Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Westwood AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Belfairs AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
The DeanesSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.71 · well below average (2023/24)
The King John SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.19 · 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.

5.3
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021517, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Scrub Lane

How this home sits against its street.

52
graded homes
62
average score
D
most common grade
+5.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.