Flat 2, 16 Saffrons Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1DU

Flat 2 is a four-bedroom detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 85 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 62–120 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (73 versus a worst of 35). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 85 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 25 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 is 48.3% above the 2008 sale price.