10 Beacon Road, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8UL

10 Beacon Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8UL). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,125,000 is 13.5% below the 2022 sale of £1,300,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£851/sq ft) was about 157.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,300,000 in June 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 142 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 15 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).