Flat 4, 11 Paradise Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 7SX

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 7SX). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 157 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (65–157 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 (54 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £382,500 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.