5 Farmlands Avenue, Polegate, BN26 5LG
About 5 Farmlands Avenue
5 Farmlands Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5LG). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (67 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£535/sq ft) was about 113% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £265,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
5 Farmlands Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Farmlands Avenue has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 3 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
5 February 2021Most recent
£265,000
+24.1%over 2 years30 July 2018
£213,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5LG: £235,000 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in BN26 5LG
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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 Farmlands Avenue homes
Price per m² for 5 Farmlands Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,761
Street avg £3,367
Floor Area
46 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Broad Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Willingdon Community School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB