Pear Tree Cottage, Saxon Lane, Seaford, BN25 1QL

Pear Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Seaford (BN25 1QL). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1194 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £667,000 is 36.5% above the 2012 sale price. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in September 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.