Ashdown House, Ovingdean Road, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7BB

Ashdown House is a four-bedroom detached house in Ovingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7BB). It has a recorded floor area of 253 m² (around 2723 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 253 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,058,000 sits 64.8% above the 2013 sale of £642,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 15.3% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in June 2013.