16 Wanderdown Road, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7BT

16 Wanderdown Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Ovingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7BT). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 220 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 38 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 20.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £850,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.