7 Garden Mews, 15 Beachy Head Road, Eastbourne, BN20 7QP

7 Garden Mews is a one-bedroom detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 7QP). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–148 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 73). The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 10 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: December 2018 at £207,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£392/sq ft) was about 21.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.