17 East Gardens, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8ST

17 East Gardens is a two-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8ST). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (116 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £468,000 is 46.2% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£464/sq ft) was about 23.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 15 years since the last transfer (August 2011).