1 Bracken Road, Seaford, BN25 4HR

1 Bracken Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Seaford (BN25 4HR). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since April 1997 — that's 29 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 £638,000 sits 571.6% above the 1997 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 82.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 160 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 6 EPCs).