Flat 2, 35 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton, BN1 6HA

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 6HA). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). At 41 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–49 m². Period features are noted in the property record.

At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 51 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold September 2021 for £242,000. 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. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 is 11.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£548/sq ft) was about 46.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.