5 Baldwin Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 1UJ

5 Baldwin Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 1UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 98 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £526,000 is 36.6% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 42.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.