8 The Grove, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9SP

8 The Grove is a two-bedroom detached house in Willingdon, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN20 9SP). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£511/sq ft) was about 65.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £330,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.