Windsor Lodge, Flat 1, Windsor Street, Brighton, BN1 1RJ

Windsor Lodge is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 1RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 27 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Windsor Lodge (27–52 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 is 15.2% below the 2022 sale of £210,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£723/sq ft) was about 105.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2015. Past consents include a loft conversion and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £210,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.