Flat 6, 7 Buckingham Road, Brighton, BN1 3RA

Flat 6 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3RA). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). At 45 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 8 units on file.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £280,000. Across the public record there are 6 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 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 124.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.