First Floor Flat, 32 St Andrews Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DA

First Floor Flat is an end-of-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1DA). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 22 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£591/sq ft) was about 148.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015.