Saffrons Court, Flat 75, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1DZ

Saffrons Court is a three-bedroom detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 1DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 831 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 77 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in Saffrons Court, where floor areas span 73–117 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (14 versus a best of 80). Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since July 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 77 m² it's 24.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £265,000 sits 278.6% above the 1996 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 63.4% below the postcode norm.