14 Chichester Drive West, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8SH

14 Chichester Drive West is a seven-bedroom detached house in Saltdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 8SH). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony, notable views and a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since April 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £615,000 sits 296.8% above the 2001 sale of £155,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 70.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2012. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.