42b, Bannings Vale, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DB

42b is a detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £509,000 sits 447.3% above the 1997 sale of £93,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 66.1% below the postcode norm.