Alphington House, The Drive, Hellingly, Hailsham, BN27 4EP

Alphington House is a four-bedroom detached house in Hellingly, Hailsham, Hailsham (BN27 4EP). It has a recorded floor area of 261 m² (around 2807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since September 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 13% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £681,000 is 36.2% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£178/sq ft) was about 34.9% below the postcode norm. At 261 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.