45 Highams Road, Hockley, SS5 4DF

45 Highams Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Hockley (SS5 4DF). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The home occupies a corner plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold June 2021 for £685,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.