Old Drive, Polegate house prices are built from 94 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 2 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £197,500. Across the 11 years from 2003 to 2014 the median moved +31.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +0.1%.
Median price paid
£197,500
Change in cash, 2003–2014
+31.9%
Change in real terms
+0.1%
Median per m²
£2,145
HM Land Registry94 sales28 with floor areaLatest sale 2 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Old Drive, Polegate prices moved
The chart tracks the median Old Drive, Polegate house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2014. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | £116,000 | £257,575 |
| 2000s | 2 | £109,950 | £200,297 |
| 2010s | 3 | £237,000 | £334,170 |
The highest yearly median on record for Old Drive, Polegate is £239,975 in 2011; the lowest is £109,950 in 2003. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £116,000 to £145,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £236,358, so the real change over the whole record is -12.0% — about -0.85% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +31.9% in cash against +0.1% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Southdown Court | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 11 Southdown Court | 29 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £210,448 |
| 24 | 3 Apr 2024 | Detached | £369,000 | £388,276 |
| 12 Southdown Court | 30 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £191,200 | £206,584 |
| 34 | 20 Oct 2023 | Detached | £360,000 | £388,966 |
| 13 | 19 May 2023 | Detached | £425,000 | £459,195 |
| 4 Southdown Court | 30 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £225,924 |
| 1 Southdown Court | 10 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £233,737 |
| 39 | 27 Sep 2021 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £486,425 |
| 7 Southdown Court | 14 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £221,102 |
| 25 | 6 Dec 2019 | Detached | £332,000 | £434,249 |
| 7 Southdown Court | 2 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £130,798 |
| 23 | 5 Mar 2018 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £386,484 |
| 43 | 15 Dec 2017 | Semi-detached | £330,000 | £449,131 |
| 18 | 17 Nov 2017 | Detached | £315,000 | £428,716 |
| 44 | 8 Jul 2016 | Semi-detached | £333,000 | £464,881 |
| 43 | 30 Jun 2016 | Semi-detached | £249,000 | £347,614 |
| 11 | 24 Jun 2016 | Detached | £449,950 | £628,148 |
| 8 Southdown Court | 28 Oct 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £147,950 | £208,610 |
| 9 Southdown Court | 28 Aug 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £153,500 | £216,435 |
| 29 | 5 Aug 2015 | Detached | £325,000 | £458,250 |
| Southdown Lodge | 27 Mar 2015 | Detached | £325,000 | £458,250 |
| 17 | 12 Sep 2014 | Detached | £270,000 | £387,284 |
| 6 Southdown Court | 19 May 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £139,000 | £199,379 |
| 3 Southdown Court | 11 Apr 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £129,000 | £185,036 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Old Drive, Polegate values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive | £106,000 (2003) | £210,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
| 11 SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive | £44,950 (1997) | £200,000 (2024) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 12 SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive | £64,250 (2001) | £191,200 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 13 Old Drive | £117,000 (1999) | £425,000 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 4 SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive | £105,000 (2003) | £195,000 (2022) | +3.3% | +0.7% |
| 1 SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive | £59,950 (2001) | £185,000 (2021) | +5.8% | +3.5% |
| 39 Old Drive | £207,000 (2007) | £385,000 (2021) | +4.5% | +2.2% |
| 25 Old Drive | £230,000 (2014) | £332,000 (2019) | +7.6% | +5.6% |
| 43 Old Drive | £249,000 (2016) | £330,000 (2017) | +32.5% | +29.2% |
| 18 Old Drive | £240,000 (2011) | £315,000 (2017) | +4.6% | +2.6% |
| 44 Old Drive | £82,000 (2000) | £333,000 (2016) | +9.2% | +6.7% |
| 11 Old Drive | £372,500 (2005) | £449,950 (2016) | +1.7% | -0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Old Drive, Polegate is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 46 | 48.9% | £240,000 | £65,000 – £495,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 32 | 34.0% | £134,000 | £40,000 – £210,000 |
| Semi-detached | 16 | 17.0% | £239,950 | £82,000 – £385,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Old Drive, Polegate
32 of the sales on record are leasehold and 62 freehold — 34.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £134,500 and the median freehold sale £242,500 — a gap of +80.3%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 32 | 34.0% | £134,500 |
| Freehold | 62 | 66.0% | £242,500 |
A further 1 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Old Drive, Polegate compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Old Drive, Polegate sits above that national figure — +25.4%.
Within Polegate the street ranks 86 of 174 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £183,500 (+7.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,145 per square metre, across 28 of the 94 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £40,000 to £495,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Brookside Avenue£109,000 median
- Station Road£145,000 median
- Heron Ridge£134,975 median
- Brightling Road£188,500 median
- Lynholm Road£179,950 median
- Aberdale Road£114,250 median
- Dover Road£210,000 median
- High Street£136,000 median
- Brook Street£150,000 median
- The Street£450,000 median
- Southfield£145,000 median
- Greenleaf Gardens£178,000 median
- Kensington Way£190,000 median
- Windsor Way£120,000 median
- Hailsham Road£181,250 median
- Walnut Walk£114,142 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 11, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive6 sales
- 7, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive5 sales
- 13 Old Drive5 sales
- 44 Old Drive4 sales
- 17 Old Drive4 sales
- 4, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive3 sales
- 1, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive3 sales
- 8, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive3 sales
- SOUTHDOWN LODGE Old Drive3 sales
- 41 Old Drive3 sales
- 10, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive3 sales
- 20 Old Drive3 sales
- 12, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive2 sales
- 39 Old Drive2 sales
- 25 Old Drive2 sales
- 43 Old Drive2 sales
- 18 Old Drive2 sales
- 11 Old Drive2 sales
- 9, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive2 sales
- 29 Old Drive2 sales
- 6, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive2 sales
- 28 Old Drive2 sales
- 2, SOUTHDOWN COURT Old Drive2 sales
- 8 Old Drive2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Old Drive, Polegate?
The median price paid in Old Drive, Polegate across every sale on the register is £197,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Old Drive, Polegate?
94 sales are on record for Old Drive, Polegate, the most recent completing on 2 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Old Drive, Polegate house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +31.9% between 2003 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +0.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Old Drive, Polegate house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £239,975, set in 2011. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Old Drive, Polegate?
£2,145 per square metre, from the 28 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 2 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Old Drive, Polegate house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.