9 The French Apartments, De Courcel Road, Brighton, BN2 5RZ

9 The French Apartments is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Brighton (BN2 5RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. At 151 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (63–151 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 11 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in August 2003. At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £769,000 sits 53.8% above the 2003 sale of £499,950.