Flat 1, 7 Buckingham Street, Brighton, BN1 3LT

Flat 1 is a detached house in Brighton (BN1 3LT). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

Held since January 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (44 m² across 65 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £292,000 sits 116.3% above the 2007 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£182/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm.