19 Bevendean Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8LR

19 Bevendean Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8LR). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 29 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–160 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 24 units on file.

At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2004–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £617,000 is 46.9% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,345/sq ft) was about 455.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (October 2014).