41 Birch Grove Crescent, Brighton, BN1 8DN

41 Birch Grove Crescent is a semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 8DN). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. At 45 m² this is the 4th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–128 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 42 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 is 10.8% below the 2022 sale of £185,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 76.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £185,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.