82a, Church Street, Old Town, Eastbourne, BN21 1QJ

82a is a mid-terrace house in Old Town, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN21 1QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 35 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–117 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 28 units on file.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 116.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £135,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.