81 Trafalgar Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GU

81 Trafalgar Road is a mid-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1GU). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a G (score 7), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2016); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 41), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 51 m² this is the 4th smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–141 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (7 versus a best of 81).

At 51 m² it's 22.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (66 m² median across 33 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a basement excavation and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£701/sq ft) was about 249.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2019 for £385,000.