Flat 8, 7 Oriental Place, Brighton, BN1 2LJ

Flat 8 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 2LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 25 m² (around 269 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. At 25 m² this is the 5th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 11 units on file.

Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£557/sq ft) was about 100% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 25 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (32 m² median across 69 EPCs). Sold December 2022 for £150,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.