6 Beacon Road, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8UL

6 Beacon Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8UL). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (172 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £704,000 is 26.8% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£560/sq ft) was about 65.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in September 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.