8a, Belmore Road, Eastbourne, BN22 8AU

8a is a semi-detached house in Eastbourne (BN22 8AU). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 61 m² this is the 14th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–122 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (24 versus a best of 77).

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 is 18.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 18.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £122,500 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.