The Old Rectory, Park Street, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PG

The Old Rectory is a nine-bedroom detached house in Falmer, Brighton, Brighton (BN1 9PG). It has a recorded floor area of 388 m² (around 4176 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in March 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. One planning application is currently pending a decision in 2025. At 388 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 9 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,786,000 sits 155.1% above the 2000 sale of £700,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£168/sq ft) was about 52.4% below the postcode norm.