3 Cowden Road, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DD

3 Cowden Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8DD). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

It hasn't traded since June 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £656,000 sits 202.3% above the 2002 sale of £217,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£137/sq ft) was about 52.1% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.