5 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DQ
About 5 Hillside Road
5 Hillside Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Eastwood, Leigh-On-Sea, Leigh On Sea (SS9 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 296 m² (around 3186 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An application is currently awaiting a decision. At 296 m² it's 19.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (247 m² median across 10 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£439/sq ft) was about 150.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2021 for £1,400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms4
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
- BalconyYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 5 Hillside Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Jun 2023Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single-storey rear and first floor side extension and loft conversion with rear dormers
Extension- Documents
- 46 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01191/FUL
- May 2022FullIn report
Variation of condition no. 9 of planning consent ref. 15/00046/FUL to allow for repositioning of 1.8m high close boarded boundary fence to western boundary and the change use of land enclosed to use as residential garden and for the erection of new 1.2m high post and rail fence to enclose part of wooded land.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00093/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 5 Hillside Road
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Hillside Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,391,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,400,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 July 2021Most recent
£1,400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SS9 5DQ: £832,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in SS9 5DQ
55 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DQ
Sold Sept 2025
£832,00037 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DQ
Sold Oct 2024
£1,000,00011 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DQ
Sold Mar 2021
£1,200,00021 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DQ
Sold Dec 2019
£10,78125 Hillside Road, Eastwood, Leigh On Sea, SS9 5DQ
Sold Dec 2019
£11,015
Everything we know about 5 Hillside Road, in one report
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
Price per m² for 5 Hillside Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,730
Street avg £2,070
Floor Area
296 m²
Street avg 249 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 9 years
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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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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB