Flat 1, 5 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton, BN2 0EP

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN2 0EP). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 607 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–87 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 56 m² it's 22.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 57 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in November 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2006–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£580/sq ft) was about 102.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.