7 Arundel Street, Brighton, BN2 5TG

7 Arundel Street is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brighton (BN2 5TG). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since February 2004 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £552,000 sits 215.4% above the 2004 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 53.1% below the postcode norm.