9c, Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, BN21 4PN

9c is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Eastbourne (BN21 4PN). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 63 m² this is the 10th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–251 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 18 units on file.

Held since May 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 sits 387.1% above the 1999 sale of £31,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 76.2% below the postcode norm.