Five Firs, Cinderford Lane, Hellingly, Hailsham, BN27 4HL

Five Firs is a five-bedroom detached house in Hellingly, Hailsham, Hailsham (BN27 4HL). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2605 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since August 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £939,000 sits 376.6% above the 1995 sale of £197,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 72.1% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.