81 St Andrews Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DD

81 St Andrews Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1DD). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2018. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71).

At 128 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 16 EPCs). Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 is 10.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 63.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £625,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.