23 Western Avenue, Polegate, BN26 6EP

23 Western Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Polegate (BN26 6EP). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 61.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.