4 Hollingbury Crescent, Brighton, BN1 7HD

4 Hollingbury Crescent is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN1 7HD). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (April 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 111 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 sits 58.3% above the 2009 sale of £300,000.