Flat 5, 2 Buckingham Road, Brighton, BN1 3RA

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 3RA). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 77 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–84 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 (52 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £328,000 is 13.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£350/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.