Clovelly, Flat 5c, 20 Blackwater Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JQ

Clovelly is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN21 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 59 m² this is the 8th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in Clovelly, where floor areas span 51–102 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 sits 302.3% above the 1998 sale of £44,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 58.9% below the postcode norm.