2 Hillside Road, Southminster, CM0 7AL

2 Hillside Road is a detached house in Southminster (CM0 7AL). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in February 2018 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 2-band jump.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £399,000 is 47.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 17.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.