17 The Brow, Friston, Eastbourne, BN20 0ES

17 The Brow is a four-bedroom detached house in Friston, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN20 0ES). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1415 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 132 m² it sits well below the postcode median (248 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £786,000 is 48.3% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 57.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.