5 Beau House, Bath Street, Brighton, BN1 3TA

5 Beau House is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3TA). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–56 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (38 versus a best of 56).

Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in July 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 40 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 172.7% above the 2001 sale of £82,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 72.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.