27 Chichester Drive East, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8LD

27 Chichester Drive East is a five-bedroom detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8LD). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The property has solar panels, an EV charger and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (March 2025) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good.

At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £771,000 sits 152.8% above the 2015 sale of £305,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 16.2% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in June 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.