178a, Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JA

178a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 6JA). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since July 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 60 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £505,000 sits 296.1% above the 2002 sale of £127,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 30.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2000. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.