Flat 3, 11 Paradise Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 7SX

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 7SX). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 94 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 65–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (72 versus a worst of 54). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Held since August 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 94 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (113 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 sits 332.3% above the 1998 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 76.5% below the postcode norm.