19 Arlington Gardens, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8QE

19 Arlington Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8QE). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 2003 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 89 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £366,000 sits 95.2% above the 2003 sale of £187,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 39.9% below the postcode norm.