Last sold £249,000 in March 2016

Price history in context

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• Mar 2016 — £249,000 · +49.5% · 26 pts ahead of the UK market
• May 2012 — £166,500 · −8.0% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
• Aug 2007 — £181,000 · +174.2% · 2 pts ahead of the UK market
• Jun 1998 — £66,000

The life around it

• Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery 598m
• Millhouse Primary School 644m
• Laindon station 2.0km
• Woodland 2.8km
• The coast (coastline) 5.2km
• Lake 1.5km
• Pond 696m
• Thames And Medway Canal 16.2km
• River Crouch 936m
• Public Park 25m
• Play Area 167m
• Londis 774m
• Sweet Briar Drive (Adj) 180m

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 45.5% of premises — not all
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 45.5% of premises — not all
• Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Laindon, 2.0km away

• 30 min London
• 111 min Cambridge
• 111 min Oxford
• 113 min Brighton

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,680 hours a year — sunnier than 80% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 86 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• 23, Box Close, Basildon £199,000 · 2002
• 20, Box Close, Basildon £118,000 · 2004
• 1, Box Close, Basildon £252,500 · 2004
• 7, Box Close, Basildon £187,000 · 2012
• 9, Box Close, Basildon £275,000 · 2022
• 14, Box Close, Basildon £42,500 · 1995

Planning activity nearby

• Undecided Porch (Retrospective) Aug 2026 source
• Rejected Change of use from C3 (dwelling house) to C2 (children's residential care home (maximum… Jun 2026 source
• Undecided To establish the lawfulness of the proposed change of use of a dwelling house (C3a) to… May 2026 source
• Undecided To establish the lawfulness of proposed new rear dormer and front velux, new staircase. Jun 2026 source
• Permitted Conversion of existing garage into habitable annexe ancillary to main dwelling with… Nov 2025 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.