22 Acacia Road, Eastbourne, BN22 0TW

22 Acacia Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN22 0TW). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 62 m² this is the 6th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 78).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2009. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 70.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £185,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.