18b, Buxton Road, Brighton, BN1 5DE

18b is a semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 249 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–191 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 28 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in June 2002. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £369,000 sits 60.5% above the 2002 sale of £229,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£922/sq ft) was about 210.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.