Flat 1, 10 Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 17 m² (around 183 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 17 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (17–49 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 69). The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 17 m² it sits well below the postcode median (32 m² across 69 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £108,000 in January 2021. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 is 38% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£590/sq ft) was about 125.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.