Top Floor Flat, 2 Chatham Place, Brighton, BN1 3TP

Top Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 3TP). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (46 m² across 52 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£440/sq ft) was about 52.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £360,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.