2a, Branksome Road, St Leonards On Sea, TN38 0UA

2a is a four-bedroom detached house in St Leonards On Sea (TN38 0UA). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band C. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).

At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (157 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 126.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £455,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.