13 Brightling Road, Polegate, BN26 5DB
About 13 Brightling Road
13 Brightling Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Polegate (BN26 5DB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 53 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 is 24.4% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£460/sq ft) was about 83.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 years since the last transfer (December 2017).
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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
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Heating systemgas
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
13 Brightling Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Nov 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
13 Brightling Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE-STOREY REAR EXTENSION.
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- WD/2018/0966/F
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Sales history & valuation
13 Brightling Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£326,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 12 years.
£262,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
8 December 2017Most recent
£262,000
+62.7%over 11 years10 February 2006
£161,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5DB: £355,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in BN26 5DB
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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 Brightling Road homes
On epc rating, 13 Brightling Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,948
Street avg £3,761
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
0.1 km
Brightling Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Willingdon Community School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB