12 Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ

12 Oriental Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 58 m² this is the 56th smallest of 70 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 13–311 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 70 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 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 C (score 78).

Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £332,000 is 10.3% below the 2022 sale of £370,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£593/sq ft) was about 104% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² the property is well over the postcode median (31 m² across 69 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £370,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.