5 Craven Road, Brighton, BN2 0FE

5 Craven Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Brighton (BN2 0FE). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 73 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (40–73 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 73 m² it's 28.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2009–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £303,000 is 31.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 23.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (February 2016).