2 The Vale, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7AB

2 The Vale is a three-bedroom detached house in Ovingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7AB). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).

Held since June 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (144 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,021,000 sits 104.2% above the 2002 sale of £499,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 17.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.