Flat 5, 13 Bedfordwell Road, Eastbourne, BN22 8XG

Flat 5 is a detached house in Eastbourne (BN22 8XG). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 59 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (35–59 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (62 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor.

At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (121 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 80.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.