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Get started40 Barn Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Seaford (BN25 3EW). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 84.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 82 m² it's 17.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 28 EPCs). Last sale on file: £352,500 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Planning history at 40 Barn Close is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
T4 - Beech - Crown reduction by approx 4m from all directions, removal of branches back to 1m, removal of hanging branches, trim back to match circumference of the tree, and height reduction by 2m
Latest sale on 40 Barn Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 12 years.
£352,500
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 12 years.
On habitable rooms, 40 Barn Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,299
Street avg £3,353
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Wall insulation upgraded
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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1 x Beech - Crown lift to 4.5m over the garden. Crown thin by approx 15% and tip prune selected lateral branches back to suitable growng points of the eastern side of the crown by approx 1.5 - 2m.
2 more applications for this property
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1 October 2021Most recent
£352,500
+74.5%over 10 years19 April 2011
£202,000
+26.3%over 1 year11 September 2009
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN25 3EW: £315,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
BN25 3QJ
Queensway — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Cradle Hill Community Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB
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