Flat 2, 22 Penhale Road, Eastbourne, BN22 7JX

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Eastbourne (BN22 7JX). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £175,000 in December 2021. 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 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£307/sq ft) was about 63.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.