Flat 1, 10 Buckingham Place, Brighton, BN1 3TD

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3TD). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 39 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–40 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 39 m² it's 26.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 45 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 19.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 64.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in May 2016.