What kind of home is 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

7 Links Road, BN41 1XH is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH sell for?

7 Links Road, BN41 1XH last sold for £530,000 in September 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £69,000 in April 1997, so prices have been rising over 25 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH appreciated in value?

Across 2 sales between April 1997 and September 2022, 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH rose from £69,000 to £530,000, a change of £461,000. That works out to roughly +8.4% per year compounded over 25 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH have?

The current EPC rating for 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH is C with a score of 71 out of 100, lodged in February 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

7 Links Road, BN41 1XH has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (936 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH use?

The latest EPC at 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Are there any planning records for 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

7 Links Road, BN41 1XH has council approval for single-storey rear extension granted in March 2025 under ref. BH2025/00415. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What is the council tax band for 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

7 Links Road, BN41 1XH is in council tax band C.

Which area is 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH in?

7 Links Road, BN41 1XH sits in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton. It falls within the BN41 postcode district.

What is crime like near 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

Police records around 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH show an average of 4 reported crimes per month over the last 11 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 34% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

The closest primary school to 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH is Benfield Primary School (164m), one of 17 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (2.0km), with 5 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH?

The closest bus stop to 7 Links Road, BN41 1XH is Portslade Station, 125m away. The nearest rail option is Portslade Rail Station, 189m away.

Calculators

Featured

UK House Price Map

30 years of UK sold prices mapped by postcode district.

Postcode-level detail
Compare areas side by side

Open the map

7 Links Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XH

1 planning record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

87 m²

936 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 71

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 7 Links Road

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

7 Links Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 1XH). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£566/sq ft) was about 88.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £530,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Before you offer

Know exactly what you're buying at 7 Links Road

Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.

Already flagged here

Signs of HMO activity in the areaLarger development activity nearby

£14.99

Trusted by UK homebuyers

Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes

Outside

Private gardenWest-facing
DrivewayYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

C71

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

2.8 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 7 Links Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

7 Links Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

Mar 2025
ExtensionOutline
In report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior approval for the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.2m, for which the maximum height would be 3.50m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.25m.
Agent
Humber Architecture
Documents
13 docs on file
Reference
BH2025/00415
View planning record

Before you offer

We flagged 2 things worth checking at 7 Links 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

£14.99

30-day money-back guarantee

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 7 Links Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£557,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 25 years.

See how we calculated this

Last sold (2022)

£530,000

Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

6 September 2022Most recent
£530,000
+668.1%over 25 years
29 April 1997
£69,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in BN41 1XH: £409,000 (2024–2020).

Nearby sales in BN41 1XH

Before you offer

Everything we know about 7 Links 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

£14.99

Trusted by UK homebuyers

On the street

Versus other Links Road homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 7 Links Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£6,092

Street avg £3,843

Strongly above

Floor Area

87 m²

Street avg 98 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

2.8 t/year

Street avg 4.9 t/year

Strongly above

Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

£421k

1 Links Road, Portslade

BN41 1XH

3 bed1 bath

£385k

1 Elm Road, Portslade

BN41 1SA

3 bed1 bath

£383k

1 Hurst Crescent, Portslade

BN41 1SG

3 bed1 bath

£382k

1 Bampfield Street, Portslade

BN41 1SE

3 bed1 bath

£545k

1 Rothbury Mews, Franklin Road, Portslade

BN41 1AU

4 bed2 bath

£435k

1 Gardner Road, Portslade

BN41 1PN

4 bed

£418k

1 Gardener Street, Portslade

BN41 1SX

2 bed1 bath

£406k

1 Brambledean Road, Portslade

BN41 1LP

2 bed2 bath

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Brighton district page.

Full Brighton report

Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Portslade Station — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Benfield 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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BN41 1XH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

53.5dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BN41 1XH

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

45.0dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4

FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 7 Links Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XH. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.