Flat 1, 12 Egremont Place, Brighton, BN2 0GA

Flat 1 is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 0GA). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 719 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 67 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (67–132 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 65 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £310,000 sits 362.7% above the 1997 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£93/sq ft) was about 65.8% below the postcode norm.