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Get started11 Retreat Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hockley (SS5 4BU). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in May 2003. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 25.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 sits 123.1% above the 2003 sale of £207,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 47.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
11 Retreat Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First Floor Rear Extension with Pitched Roof
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£463,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 25.4% per year over 3 years.
£207,500
Growth on file: 25.4% per year over 3 years.
On price per m², 11 Retreat Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,939
Street avg £2,986
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Great Eastern Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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23 May 2003Most recent
£207,500
+39.3%over 1 year13 June 2001
£149,000
+46.1%over 1 year31 March 2000
£102,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS5 4BU: £344,000 (2023–2002).
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
SS5 4UB
Closest school
0.7 km
Lift Westerings. 9 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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