5 Dene Close, East Dean, Eastbourne, BN20 0JJ

5 Dene Close is a two-bedroom detached house in East Dean, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN20 0JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (121 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 is 43.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£530/sq ft) was about 98.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in January 2016.