31 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
About 31 North Road
31 North Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Preston, Brighton, Brighton (BN1 6SP). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89). Period features are noted in the property record.
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 is 10.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£674/sq ft) was about 66.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 31 EPCs). Last sale on file: £370,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Planning history
A new windows application was refused at 31 North Road in 2022.
5 applications on record at 31 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
- Jun 2005RenovationFullOutcome in report
Replacement windows to front of property.
- Council
- Preston Village
New Windows- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2005/01055/FP
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationJan 2022Decision
- OutlineNov 2021Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 31 North Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 25 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
14 September 2021Most recent
£370,000
+61.6%over 14 years20 March 2007
£229,000
+209.5%over 8 years27 August 1998
£74,000
+12.1%over 2 years23 May 1996
£66,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN1 6SP: £585,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BN1 6SP
22 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
Sold Apr 2025
£585,00027 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
Sold Mar 2025
£494,50040 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
Sold Nov 2024
£517,50039 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
Sold Mar 2024
£607,50036 North Road, Preston, Brighton, BN1 6SP
Sold Oct 2022
£1,150,000
Versus other North Road homes
31 North Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,255
Street avg £5,684
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
21/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Preston Drove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School. 38 schools nearby.
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