12 Burnside Court, Black Path, Polegate, BN26 5BB

12 Burnside Court is a one-bedroom detached house in Polegate (BN26 5BB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 686 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 64 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (42–64 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (17 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (May 2009) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 64 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 27 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 sits 56.8% above the 2009 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 29.1% below the postcode norm.