Flat 1, 11 Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 54 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 13–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £245,000 is 23.6% below the 2022 sale of £320,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£551/sq ft) was about 92.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² the property is well over the postcode median (31 m² across 69 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £320,500. Across the public record there are 4 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. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2004.