12 Derwent Court, Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 3JA

12 Derwent Court is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3JA). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. At 33 m² this is the 6th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–40 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. 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.

It hasn't traded since June 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 sits 184% above the 2000 sale of £49,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 53.4% below the postcode norm. At 33 m² it's 15.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (39 m² median across 59 EPCs).