Watch Oak House, Chain Lane, Battle, TN33 0HG

Watch Oak House is a five-bedroom detached house in Battle (TN33 0HG). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since January 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2000–2002, sale prices here grew 0% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £700,000 sits 600% above the 2002 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 67.6% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision.