183 Cooden Drive, Bexhill On Sea, TN39 3AQ

183 Cooden Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Bexhill On Sea (TN39 3AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Other recorded features include outbuildings. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£596/sq ft) was about 138% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 92 m² it's 28.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £590,000.