7 Wanderdown Drive, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7BZ

7 Wanderdown Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Ovingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in January 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £666,000 sits 56.7% above the 2007 sale of £425,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£245/sq ft) was about 27% below the postcode norm. At 161 m² it's 27.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (126 m² median across 5 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.