97a, Trafalgar Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1GU

97a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1GU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 58 m² this is the 11th 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 across 34 units on file. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since October 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 is 44.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£248/sq ft) was about 23.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.