29 Chatsworth Road, Brighton, BN1 5DB

29 Chatsworth Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 5DB). It has a recorded floor area of 246 m² (around 2648 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66).

Across 2017–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,176,000 is 20.8% below the 2025 sale of £1,485,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£561/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 246 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 81 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold September 2025 for £1,485,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.