1 Barcombe Road, Brighton, BN1 9JP

1 Barcombe Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN1 9JP). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £327,000 sits 56.8% above the 2007 sale of £208,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 61.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.