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Essex Close, SS8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£282,498
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,014
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
10
Distinct homes
9
Price range
£80,000£570,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Essex Close is mostly detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £282,498, much in line with the SS8 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £4,014, above the district's £3,804. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; SS8 prices as a whole have held broadly level. With 10 sales across 9 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Essex Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 10 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianSS8 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k200520102015202020252001: £80,000 median · 1 sale2005: £360,000 median · 1 sale2007: £279,995 median · 1 sale2008: £250,000 median · 1 sale2017: £265,000 median · 1 sale2021: £253,000 median · 2 sales2022: £570,000 median · 1 sale2024: £295,000 median · 1 sale2026: £320,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the SS8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Close compares

Essex Close against the SS8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

May Avenue£320k · 51
Church Parade£307k · 47
Central Avenue£295k · 35
Essex Close£282k · 10*
Long Road£280k · 67
Maurice Road£279k · 50
Delfzul Road£261k · 34
Urmond Road£259k · 35
Hilton Road£259k · 48
Link Road£257k · 35

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£282,498
median · all recorded sales
SS8 district
£290,000
median · last 8 years · street -3%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Close's £282,498 median sits close to SS8's £290,000; on floor space it runs £4,014/m² against the district's £3,804/m² (+6%).

Street and SS8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Essex Close.

Detached
£299,998
6 sales
Semi-detached
£253,000
4 sales

Every recorded sale on Essex Close

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
24 Apr 202621 · SS8 0DEDetached£320,000
16 May 20243 · SS8 0DESemi-detached£295,000
14 Feb 20229 · SS8 0DEDetached£570,000
14 Oct 20218 · SS8 0DESemi-detached£285,000
21 May 202112 · SS8 0DESemi-detached£221,000
21 Aug 201719 · SS8 0DEDetached£265,000
23 Oct 20155 · SS8 0DEnon-standardSemi-detached£220,000
16 Oct 200814 · SS8 0DEDetached£250,000
16 Nov 200715 · SS8 0DEDetached£279,995
29 Mar 20059 · SS8 0DEDetached£360,000
25 May 20017 · SS8 0DESemi-detached£80,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in SS8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider SS8 area guide.

May AvenueHilton RoadLong RoadHigh StreetLink RoadChurch ParadeCentral AvenueMaurice RoadFurtherwick RoadWestern EsplanadeThorney Bay RoadWaarden Road
SS8 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.