6 Barnwell Drive, Hockley, SS5 4UZ

6 Barnwell Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Hockley (SS5 4UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£498/sq ft) was about 95.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £515,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.