6 Fairfield Cottages, The Street, Selmeston, Polegate, BN26 6UD

6 Fairfield Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Selmeston, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 6UD). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 107 m² it sits well below the postcode median (155 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£536/sq ft) was about 133.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £617,500 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.