4 Coombe Terrace, Brighton, BN2 4AD

4 Coombe Terrace is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 44 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£501/sq ft) was about 127% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £410,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.