Swallows, Old Willingdon Road, Friston, Eastbourne, BN20 0AT

Swallows is an eight-bedroom detached house in Friston, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN20 0AT). It has a recorded floor area of 549 m² (around 5909 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (November 2017) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good.

At 549 m² the property is well over the postcode median (250 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £5,493,000 sits 260.2% above the 2012 sale of £1,525,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 36% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in April 2012. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.