12a, Basement Flat, Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ

12a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. 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).

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. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 32.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 32.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.