61 Highams Road, Hockley, SS5 4DF

61 Highams Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Hockley (SS5 4DF). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2021. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £474,000 is 11.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 56.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 81 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 21 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £425,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.