5 Kirkham Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 6BY
About 5 Kirkham Road
5 Kirkham Road is a semi-detached house in Southend On Sea (SS2 6BY). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft). The latest certificate (May 2017) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96).
Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£391/sq ft) was about 16.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² it's 18.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 34 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
5 Kirkham Road's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Kirkham Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
9applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 5 Kirkham Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.8% per year over 5 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 2.8% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
22 June 2022Most recent
£400,000
+14.3%over 4 years17 August 2017
£349,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS2 6BY: £385,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in SS2 6BY
26 Kirkham Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 6BY
Sold Mar 2025
£327,0007 Kirkham Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 6BY
Sold Mar 2025
£385,00030 Kirkham Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 6BY
Sold Jul 2024
£335,0004 Kirkham Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 6BY
Sold Aug 2023
£425,00012 Kirkham Road, Southend On Sea, SS2 6BY
Sold Mar 2023
£550,000
Everything we know about 5 Kirkham Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Kirkham Road homes
5 Kirkham Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,211
Street avg £3,536
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 116 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.3 t/year
Street avg 1.4 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 7 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
14/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
FDR House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Southend High School for Boys. 28 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB