First Floor Flat, 45 Farmlands Way, Polegate, BN26 5LR

First Floor Flat is a semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 5LR). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69).

Held since November 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 sits 349.4% above the 1996 sale of £44,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 78.1% below the postcode norm. At 72 m² it's 15.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 14 EPCs).