23 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GD
About 23 Vale Road
23 Vale Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1GD). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 91.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £630,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
23 Vale Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Mar 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Vale Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2008/01708
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 23 Vale Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 23 Vale Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£625,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 27 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
14 June 2022Most recent
£630,000
+37.0%over 3 years8 July 2018
£460,000
+107.7%over 12 years24 March 2006
£221,500
+326.0%over 10 years3 November 1995
£52,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN41 1GD: £405,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in BN41 1GD
11 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GD
Sold Sept 2025
£555,00055 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GD
Sold Aug 2024
£405,00037 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GD
Sold Apr 2023
£475,00021 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GD
Sold Oct 2022
£335,00035 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GD
Sold Sept 2021
£388,000
Everything we know about 23 Vale Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Vale Road homes
23 Vale Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £3,162
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Portslade Railway Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Benfield Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.5dB