5 Longhill Close, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7AX

5 Longhill Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Ovingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7AX). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 129 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 6 EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £760,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 32.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £671,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.