23 Church Street, Old Town, Eastbourne, BN21 1HN

23 Church Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Old Town, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN21 1HN). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–139 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (92 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 is 13.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,414/sq ft) was about 660.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.