Flat 4, 1 Marine Road, Eastbourne, BN22 7AU

Flat 4 is a detached house in Eastbourne (BN22 7AU). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 20 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (20–85 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in April 1996. 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 £110,000 sits 1000% above the 1996 sale of £10,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 70.4% below the postcode norm. At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs).