Flat 1, 23 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton, BN1 6HA

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 6HA). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 41 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–130 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (63 versus a best of 65). The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 51 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£589/sq ft) was about 59.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.