Horsted Court, Flat 55, 21 Kingscote Way, Brighton, BN1 4GJ

Horsted Court is a semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 4GJ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. At 105 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Horsted Court (50–105 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (45 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 53 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 25% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £465,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.