The Gate Lodge, Flat 2, Letheren Place, Eastbourne, BN21 1HL

The Gate Lodge is a detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in The Gate Lodge, where floor areas span 51–122 m². The latest certificate (January 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 147.1% above the 2001 sale of £68,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 58.6% below the postcode norm. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 30 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.