8 Beacon Road, Ditchling, Hassocks, BN6 8UL

8 Beacon Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Ditchling, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8UL). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) returns an A (score 98), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was C, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £1,048,000 sits 62.5% above the 2016 sale of £645,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£283/sq ft) was about 16.7% below the postcode norm. On the market in July 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused.