8b, Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3TD

8b is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3TD). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 46 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 9–221 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 46 units on file.

Held since March 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–1996, sale prices on this property compounded at 54.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £240,000 sits 485.4% above the 1996 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 73.6% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 5 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).