Flat 1, 1 Powis Square, Brighton, BN1 3HH

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 3HH). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 31 m² this is the 7th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–33 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 (43 versus a best of 74).

At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (50 m² across 48 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£524/sq ft) was about 49.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.