16a, Compton Road, Brighton, BN1 5AN

16a is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 5AN). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 51 m² this is the 20th smallest of 65 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–197 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 65 units on file.

Most recent transfer: December 2019 at £225,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 is 20% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£410/sq ft) was about 58.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 64 EPCs).