8 Brightling Road, Polegate, BN26 5DB

8 Brightling Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5DB). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Across 2001–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 sits 51.8% above the 2013 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it's 15.2% 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). Last changed hands 13 years ago, in March 2013. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2010.