18 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
About 18 Eley Drive
18 Eley Drive is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Rottingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7FH). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a loft. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 84 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (105 m² median across 23 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £452,000 is 17.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£426/sq ft) was about 54.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £385,550 in January 2019.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- LoftYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
18 Eley Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
18 Eley Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 18 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
- Apr 2019ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.0m, for which the maximum height would be 2.8m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.8m.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2019/00489
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Sales history & valuation
18 Eley Drive valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£452,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£385,550
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 January 2019Most recent
£385,550
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN2 7FH: £520,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in BN2 7FH
27 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
Sold Oct 2024
£595,0006 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
Sold Sept 2024
£320,00038 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
Sold Mar 2023
£650,00028 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
Sold Aug 2022
£350,00016 Eley Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7FH
Sold Sept 2021
£520,000
Versus other Eley Drive homes
18 Eley Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,590
Street avg £3,880
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Court Ord Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Longhill High School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB







