20 Beechwood Close, Brighton, BN1 8EP

20 Beechwood Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Brighton (BN1 8EP). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (123 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £636,000 is 25.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£548/sq ft) was about 42.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.