Flat 1, 7 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton, BN2 0EP

Flat 1 is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 0EP). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. At 36 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom.

Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 29.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 is 30% below the 2022 sale of £280,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£723/sq ft) was about 147.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 57 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £280,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.