72 St Andrews Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DE

72 St Andrews Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 48 m² this is the 4th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–165 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in September 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good.

Held since June 1996 — that's 30 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. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 sits 514.1% above the 1996 sale of £31,755. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£61/sq ft) was about 71.4% below the postcode norm. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs).