Flat 3, 6 Dalton Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7NP

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 7NP). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 91 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (91–120 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (48 versus a best of 66). Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56).

At 91 m² it's 15.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £287,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 67.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: new windows refused in 2023.