Flat 2, 2 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD

Flat 2 is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2018. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). At 86 m² this is the 8th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 23–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 10 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 is 79.3% below the 2022 sale of £1,577,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,704/sq ft) was about 452% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold August 2022 for £1,577,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.