Hilary Lodge, Flat 2, 28 South Avenue, Brighton, BN2 0BP

Hilary Lodge is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 0BP). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 60 m² this is the 8th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Hilary Lodge, where floor areas span 53–71 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 10 units on file.

Sold September 2018 for £260,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 60 m² it's 17.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 37 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 28.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.