8 Belchamps Way, Hockley, SS5 4NT

8 Belchamps Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Hockley (SS5 4NT). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£308/sq ft) was about 39.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2003. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £580,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.