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3 sales on record
About Duck Down Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Duck Down Cottage is a detached house in Carters Corner, Hailsham, Hailsham (BN27 4HX). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 152 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (190 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £570,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Duck Down Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D66
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Duck Down Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£577,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2022)
£570,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
Launch offer · 33% off
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Versus other Featherbed Lane homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Duck Down Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 33 (F)
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 179 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BN27 4HX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 37 points of interest in total.
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