The Little Manor, The Street, Selmeston, Polegate, BN26 6XB

The Little Manor is a three-bedroom detached house in Selmeston, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 6XB). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

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 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £770,000 sits 262.8% above the 1997 sale of £212,251. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 68.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.