Flat 8, 2 Brittany Road, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0RA

Flat 8 is a detached house in St Leonards On Sea (TN38 0RA). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–50 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 71).

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£376/sq ft) was about 130.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £190,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.