7 New Road, Hellingly, Hailsham, BN27 4EW

7 New Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Hellingly, Hailsham, Hailsham (BN27 4EW). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (June 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £369,000 is 13.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£343/sq ft) was about 32.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold January 2021 for £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.