16 Bedford Grove, Eastbourne, BN21 2DT

16 Bedford Grove is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Eastbourne (BN21 2DT). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Sold February 2022 for £535,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 69.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.