23a, Arundel Street, Brighton, BN2 5TG

23a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 5TG). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 49 m² this is the 13th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–175 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 37 units on file.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£616/sq ft) was about 168.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.