85 Freshfield Road, Brighton, BN2 0BL
About 85 Freshfield Road
85 Freshfield Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 0BL). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 18 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £708,000 sits 136% above the 2015 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 35.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in July 2015.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
85 Freshfield Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
85 Freshfield Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 85 Freshfield Road, Brighton, BN2 0BL
- Jan 2016ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of single storey side/rear extension.
- Council
- Adjoining Queen'S Park
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2015/03914
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Sales history & valuation
85 Freshfield Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£708,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 July 2015Most recent
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN2 0BL: £680,000 (2024–2017).
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Versus other Freshfield Road homes
85 Freshfield Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,370
Street avg £3,572
Floor Area
219 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 8.9 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cuthbert Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Queen's Park Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB






