42a, Arlington Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1DL

42a is a detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 1DL). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on electricity. At 116 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–312 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 33 units on file.

Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 is 21% below the 2022 sale of £300,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 116 m² it's 16.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 32 EPCs). Sold April 2022 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.