2 Borough Street, Brighton, BN1 3BG
About 2 Borough Street
2 Borough Street is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3BG). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £630,000. 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. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£496/sq ft) was about 57.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
2 Borough Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Apr 2025
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Planning history
2 Borough Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
23 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
2 Borough Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£654,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 24 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2021Most recent
£630,000
+8.6%over 5 years4 November 2015
£580,000
+85.6%over 13 years2 July 2002
£312,500
+140.5%over 5 years17 April 1997
£129,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN1 3BG: £662,500 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in BN1 3BG
Versus other Borough Street homes
2 Borough Street is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£5,339
Street avg £4,764
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Crime
21/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Waitrose Montpelier Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School. 31 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB