17 Vale Road, Seaford, BN25 3EY

17 Vale Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Seaford (BN25 3EY). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. At 57 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 56–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (79 versus a worst of 53). The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good.

Held since July 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2007. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £238,000 is 32.3% above the 2004 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode.