Flat 1, 25 Arlington Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1DL

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 1DL). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 45 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (45–112 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 11.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 118.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £153,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.