8 Hillcrest Avenue, Hullbridge, Hockley, SS5 6DB

8 Hillcrest Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hullbridge, Hockley, Hockley (SS5 6DB). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£615/sq ft) was about 123.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 71 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £470,000 in February 2024.