109 Preston Drove, Brighton, BN1 6EW

109 Preston Drove is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 6EW). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold August 2022 for £1,050,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£617/sq ft) was about 123.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.