Flat 4, 115 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton, BN1 6HF

Flat 4 is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 6HF). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 27 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 68). The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 80 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. Most recent transfer: July 2023 at £165,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£568/sq ft) was about 144.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.