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4 sales on record
About 179 Main Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
179 Main Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Hawkwell, Hockley, Hockley (SS5 4EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 198 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £740,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
179 Main Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D59
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 179 Main Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£750,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2022)
£740,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Main Road homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for 179 Main Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,737
Street avg £3,466
Floor Area
198 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SS5 4EJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 44 points of interest in total.
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