5 Brightling Road, Polegate, BN26 5DB

5 Brightling Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5DB). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 79 m² it's 24.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 16 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 is 21% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£370/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.