16 Canfield Close, Brighton, BN2 4DJ

16 Canfield Close is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN2 4DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 81 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 43.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2021 for £393,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.