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Get started8 Thorpe Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hockley (SS5 4EP). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £341,000 is 29.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 27.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in November 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.
8 Thorpe Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Feb 2026
8 Thorpe Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single Storey Flat Roof Rear Extension with Roof Lantern
£341,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£263,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On epc rating, 8 Thorpe Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,819
Street avg £3,579
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

11 November 2016Most recent
£263,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS5 4EP: £450,000 (2025–2022).
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
SS5 4XF
Tudor Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Lift Westerings. 14 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB
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