40 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DH
About 40 Hillside Road
40 Hillside Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Eastwood, Leigh-On-Sea, Leigh On Sea (SS9 5DH). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 2 pending. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. At 113 m² it sits well below the postcode median (180 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold January 2023 for £645,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£530/sq ft) was about 139.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 40 Hillside Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Mar 2018
- Jun 2015Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce T1 Ash in front garden by 2m and reshape to balance.
- Reference
- 15/00391/TPO
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 40 Hillside Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£657,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 24 years.
£645,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
26 January 2023Most recent
£645,000
+12.2%over 1 year16 June 2021
£575,000
+21.1%over 4 years31 October 2016
£475,000
+41.8%over 7 years1 October 2009
£335,000
+116.2%over 10 years24 June 1999
£154,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 5DH: £835,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SS9 5DH
24 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DH
Sold Feb 2025
£925,0006 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DH
Sold Dec 2024
£760,00048 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DH
Sold Oct 2023
£835,00044 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DH
Sold Apr 2022
£827,50052 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DH
Sold Jun 2021
£780,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Hillside Road homes
On price per m², 40 Hillside Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,708
Street avg £3,517
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 197 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 13 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Rayleigh Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Edwards Hall Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB