20 Coppice Close, Eastbourne, BN20 9QH

20 Coppice Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Eastbourne (BN20 9QH). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£489/sq ft) was about 40.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.