1 Hollingbury Crescent, Brighton, BN1 7HD

1 Hollingbury Crescent is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 7HD). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £525,000 is 25% below the 2022 sale of £700,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£468/sq ft) was about 87.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.