40a, Ashington Road, Eastbourne, BN22 9EB

40a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Eastbourne (BN22 9EB). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the 5th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a C (score 70).

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £129,000 sits 473.3% above the 1998 sale of £22,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£44/sq ft) was about 74.7% below the postcode norm. At 47 m² it's 28.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 33 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.