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Get started12 Helena Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hockley (SS5 4DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Sold February 2024 for £375,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 82 m² it's 23.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 4 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
12 Helena Close has an approved front extension on the planning record.
Extension: Front of property
Extend Front Flat Roofed Dormer
Sale price has at least doubled since 2007.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 17 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 17 years.
Floor Area for 12 Helena Close lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
61 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 108 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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
Hillside Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

22 February 2024Most recent
£375,000
+17.9%over 4 years9 August 2019
£318,000
+39.5%over 5 years31 January 2014
£228,000
+23.2%over 6 years21 February 2007
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS5 4DJ: £84,995 (2021–1995).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
SS5 4XF
Closest school
0.7 km
Lift Westerings. 12 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB
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