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On Tensing Gardens, in Billericay Tye Common
What it's like at CM12 9JX: every home that has sold on Tensing Gardens since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Tensing Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 57 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Tensing GardensTerraced | Jul 2024 | £575,000 | 129 m² | £4,457/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | May 2022 | £720,000 | 143 m² | £5,035/m² | 1 |
| 3, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £670,000 | 151 m² | £4,437/m² | 4 |
| 4, Tensing GardensTerraced | Jul 2022 | £687,500 | 121 m² | £5,682/m² | 2 |
| 5, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jan 2008 | £285,000 | 89 m² | £3,202/m² | 1 |
| 7, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £258,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jan 1999 | £124,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £595,000 | 120 m² | £4,958/m² | 1 |
| 11, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £285,000 | 117 m² | £2,436/m² | 1 |
| 12, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £340,000 | 88 m² | £3,864/m² | 1 |
| 13, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £395,000 | 109 m² | £3,624/m² | 3 |
| 14, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Feb 2003 | £245,200 | – | – | 3 |
| 15, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £480,000 | 103 m² | £4,660/m² | 3 |
| 16, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £247,500 | 67 m² | £3,694/m² | 2 |
| 17, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2000 | £142,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £550,000 | 74 m² | £7,432/m² | 3 |
| 19, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £495,000 | 114 m² | £4,342/m² | 1 |
| 20, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Nov 2010 | £250,000 | 70 m² | £3,571/m² | 2 |
| 21, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | May 1997 | £96,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £271,000 | 62 m² | £4,371/m² | 2 |
| 24, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £485,000 | 83 m² | £5,843/m² | 2 |
| 25, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £330,000 | 98 m² | £3,367/m² | 3 |
| 26, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £430,000 | 73 m² | £5,890/m² | 3 |
| 27, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | May 2006 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £215,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £275,000 | 89 m² | £3,090/m² | 2 |
| 30, Tensing GardensDetached | Mar 2021 | £615,000 | 91 m² | £6,758/m² | 1 |
| 31, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £450,000 | 117 m² | £3,846/m² | 3 |
| 33, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £295,000 | 70 m² | £4,214/m² | 3 |
| 35, Tensing GardensTerraced | Jun 2023 | £475,000 | 103 m² | £4,612/m² | 3 |
| 37, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £275,000 | 60 m² | £4,583/m² | 1 |
| 39, Tensing GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £460,000 | 61 m² | £7,541/m² | 3 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Billericay, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Sun Corner, 300 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 300, 12, 9, 10A); 6 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 40 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Quilters Junior School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 85% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Billericay, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 50 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (13.6 km) and Chelmsford County High School for Girls (14 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 350 m away; Billers Local (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapel Street Surgery (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Bull in a Barbershop is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 17 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Wildwood Restaurants is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Rumours the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Queen Elizabeth II Field, 250 m away; for exercise, Billericay Swimming Pool (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 20 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 32 km.
48 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Basildon and Billericay constituency: Mr Richard Holden MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 20 (0.0%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Conservative 31%, Labour 31%, Reform UK 27%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
20 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CM12 9JX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 44 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.0% | 90.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 8.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.7% | 0.6% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Charlton Lido And Lifestyle Club · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 57 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.