2a, Freehold Terrace, Brighton, BN2 4AB

2a is an end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 759 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2011) returns an A (score 95), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 5 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£659/sq ft) was about 169.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.