Ground Floor Flat, 206 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1UB
About Ground Floor Flat
Ground Floor Flat is a semi-detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1UB). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 125.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £327,500 in May 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 May 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Ground Floor Flat.
- Aug 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey side porch extension.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2023/01509
- Jul 2015PorchFullIn report
Erection of side porch.
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2015/01865
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Ground Floor Flat
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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£353,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£327,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 May 2022Most recent
£327,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN41 1UB: £465,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BN41 1UB
194c, Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1UB
Sold Jul 2025
£130,000192 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1UB
Sold Dec 2024
£360,000178 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1UB
Sold Nov 2023
£640,000170 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1UB
Sold Feb 2021
£470,000172 Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1UB
Sold Dec 2020
£465,000
Everything we know about Ground Floor Flat, 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 Old Shoreham Road homes
On price per m², Ground Floor Flat stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,946
Street avg £2,189
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 51 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 2.0 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
0.0 km
Romany Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Brackenbury Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB