27b, Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton, BN1 6HA

27b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 6HA). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 50 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 52 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–302 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 52 units on file. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since February 2010. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 51 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£539/sq ft) was about 46% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £290,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.