5 Arlington Gardens, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8QE

5 Arlington Gardens is a detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8QE). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2017 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Most recent transfer: June 2023 at £425,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 76 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 23 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£520/sq ft) was about 55% above the typical sold price in the postcode.