Eastern House, Flat 4, 27 Hassocks Road, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, BN6 9QH

Eastern House is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 9QH). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Eastern House (53–97 m²). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 is 39.8% above the 2009 sale price.