14a, Herbert Road, Brighton, BN1 6PB

14a is a property in Brighton (BN1 6PB). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 481 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 45 m² this is the 11th smallest of 59 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–172 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 sits 56.3% above the 2005 sale of £155,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 21.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (65 m² across 58 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs).