3 Braeside Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8RL

3 Braeside Avenue is a six-bedroom detached house in Brighton (BN1 8RL). It has a recorded floor area of 250 m² (around 2691 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 250 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 24.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £977,500 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.