Eastern House, Flat 2, 27 Hassocks Road, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9QH

Eastern House is a semi-detached house in Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9QH). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 66 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in Eastern House, where floor areas span 53–97 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (64 versus a worst of 55). The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

It hasn't traded since December 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 66 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 27 EPCs). Across 1997–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 is 38.1% above the 2005 sale price.