1 Sillwood Terrace, Brighton, BN1 2LR

1 Sillwood Terrace is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 2LR). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. At 79 m² this is the 19th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–102 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 79 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 23.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 is 18.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£529/sq ft) was about 93.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.