Flat 6, 3 Florence Road, Brighton, BN1 6DL

Flat 6 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 6DL). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 34 m² this is the 6th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–215 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (38 versus a best of 67). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 58 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. It changed hands recently, sold February 2026 for £235,000. Across 1998–2026, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£642/sq ft) was about 93.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.