16 Church Road, Polegate, BN26 5BX

16 Church Road is a mid-terrace house in Polegate (BN26 5BX). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. At 20 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (20–244 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 13 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (149 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,254/sq ft) was about 628.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £270,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.