9 High Elms Road, Hullbridge, Hockley, SS5 6HB

9 High Elms Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Hullbridge, Hockley, Hockley (SS5 6HB). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in May 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 31.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 75.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.