40 Windmill Road, Polegate, BN26 5BG
About 40 Windmill Road
40 Windmill Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5BG). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 51 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold September 2025 for £300,000. Across 2003–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£546/sq ft) was about 84.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
40 Windmill Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
40 Windmill Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
40 Windmill Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.1% per year over 22 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 3.1% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
25 September 2025Most recent
£300,000
+3.4%over 2 years20 July 2023
£290,000
+87.2%over 19 years19 December 2003
£154,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5BG: £306,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BN26 5BG
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Windmill Road homes
40 Windmill Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,882
Street avg £3,932
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Walnut Walk — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Polegate Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB