Flat 2, 20 Wellington Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DN

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1DN). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.

It hasn't traded since October 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £432,000 sits 73.5% above the 2002 sale of £249,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 16.7% below the postcode norm. At 88 m² it's 15% larger than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.