9 East End Lane, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8SX

9 East End Lane is a detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8SX). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 12 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. Across 2001–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 is 46.7% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 37.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.