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First Floor Flat, 5 Shaftesbury Place, Brighton, BN1 4QS

Estimated value

£334,000

  • Since the 2005 sale (£132,000)+153%
  • Against BN1 4QS's recent median (£365,000)-8%

Newest record on this page: August 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Mid terrace
Floor 1st
Bedrooms
2
Floor area
84 m²
904 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 51
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

How the figure is worked out and what it's based on. If you know this home, you can tell other visitors what you think it's worth.

Our estimate

£334,000

  • Against its 2005 sale (£132,000)+153%
  • Against BN1 4QS's recent median (£365,000)-8%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for First Floor Flat is modelled from its 84 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in BN1 4QS. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    84 m² from the EPC lodged in November 2016

  • Sales of this home

    2 sales recorded, the latest in 2005

  • Recent sales in BN1 4QS

    5 sales, median £365,000 (2025–2021)

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DataThis pageFull report
SalesLatest sale shown: August 2025Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
PlanningNone on this homeFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.

Sales timeline

  1. 3 May 2005Most recent

    £132,000

    +106.3%over 4 years

  2. 23 July 2000

    £64,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BN1 4QS: £365,000 (2025–2021).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

2 potential issues have already been flagged for First Floor Flat, 5 Shaftesbury Place, Brighton, BN1 4QS. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Signs of HMO activity in the areaIn report
  • Larger development activity nearbyIn report
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About First Floor Flat

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

First Floor Flat is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 4QS). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since May 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. Across 2000–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £334,000 sits 153% above the 2005 sale of £132,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 55.7% below the postcode norm. At 84 m² it's 15.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs).

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

Current Certificate
Nov 2016

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 18 November 2026

Expires this month
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against First Floor Flat, 5 Shaftesbury Place, Brighton, BN1 4QS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

First Floor Flat has no planning applications on record.

27

But the area is active

27 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

On the street

Versus other Shaftesbury Place homes

Four headline reads against 14 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for First Floor Flat lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,571

Street avg £3,857

Strongly below

Floor Area

84 m²

Street avg 63 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

5.5 t/year

Street avg 2.9 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Brighton district page.
Full Brighton report

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

1110/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

London Road (Brighton) Rail Station — railway station.

Closest school

0.3 km

Downs Infant School. 33 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Downs Infant SchoolPrimary281m
  • Downs Junior SchoolPrimary347m
  • Stanford Junior SchoolPrimary779m
  • Fairlight Primary SchoolPrimary826m

Nearest stops

  • London Road (Brighton) Rail StationRailway station27m
  • London Road (Brighton) Rail StationRailway station33m
  • London Road Brighton - Ditchling RiseBus station38m
  • London Road (Brighton) Rail StationRailway station83m

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences4,189 reports27%
  • Shoplifting2,866 reports18%
  • Anti-social Behaviour2,547 reports16%
  • Public Order1,432 reports9%

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BN1 4QS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for BN1 4QS

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for BN1 4QS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

44.2dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-era1st Floor MaisonetteEPC EPre-1919 buildSolid (non-cavity) walls

Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

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Method

How to read this page

Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for First Floor Flat is modelled from its 84 m² EPC floor area, its 2 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in BN1 4QS. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for First Floor Flat. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for First Floor Flat was lodged in November 2016 at band E and is valid until November 2026. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to First Floor Flat. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 14 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 33 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from BN1 4QS, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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