9 The Link, East Dean, Eastbourne, BN20 0LB

9 The Link is a five-bedroom detached house in East Dean, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN20 0LB). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2018. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £955,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.