Ground Floor Flat, 30 Vale Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GF

Ground Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1GF). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

On the market in September 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £264,000 is 44.6% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 25.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.