5 Compton Road, Brighton, BN1 5AL

5 Compton Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2018. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). At 57 m² this is the 10th smallest of 55 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–153 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 55 units on file.

Held since December 1995 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £278,000 sits 920.2% above the 1995 sale of £27,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£44/sq ft) was about 83.7% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 54 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.