5 Hassell Road, Canvey Island, SS8 8JY

5 Hassell Road is a detached house in Canvey Island (SS8 8JY). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £290,000 in March 2022. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£490/sq ft) was about 134% above the typical sold price in the postcode.