5a, Hollingbury Crescent, Brighton, BN1 7HD

5a is a one-bedroom detached house in Brighton (BN1 7HD). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–154 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 17 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in March 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 sits 125.8% above the 1999 sale of £121,350. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 19.3% below the postcode norm. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.