209 Railway Cottages, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0AW

209 Railway Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in St Leonards On Sea (TN38 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 51 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–108 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (10 versus a best of 70).

At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.