7a, Meads Street, Eastbourne, BN20 7QY

7a is an end-of-terrace house in Eastbourne (BN20 7QY). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £266,000 is 15.6% below the 2021 sale of £315,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £315,000 in May 2021. Across the public record there are 6 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.