3 Smugglers Close, Alfriston, Polegate, BN26 5TG

3 Smugglers Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Alfriston, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 5TG). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 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. At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 sits 377.2% above the 1997 sale of £133,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 75.4% below the postcode norm.