20 Mandalay Court, London Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8QU

20 Mandalay Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Patcham, Brighton, Brighton (BN1 8QU). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 51 m² this is the 6th smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 38 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2015. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 is 12.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 60.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £172,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.