2a, Coombe Terrace, Brighton, BN2 4AD

2a is a mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 35 m² this is the 8th smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–101 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

At 35 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 44 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2007–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 is 13% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£491/sq ft) was about 131.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).