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

8 Garden Mews is a one-bedroom detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 7QP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 48 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (48–148 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 7 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since June 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 is 26.9% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 18.6% below the postcode norm.