49 Bexhill Road, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0AJ

49 Bexhill Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St Leonards On Sea (TN38 0AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since December 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. At 84 m² this is the 29th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–135 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 40 units on file. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since July 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 22.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £169,000 sits 94.3% above the 2004 sale of £87,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 16.1% below the postcode norm. At 84 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 39 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs).