4 Ades Field, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SH

4 Ades Field is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wilmington, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 5SH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 is 34.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 60.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.