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

217 Railway Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in St Leonards On Sea (TN38 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony and notable views.

At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £402,000 is 13.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 100.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £354,300 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.