8 Benfield Crescent, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2DB

8 Benfield Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 2DB). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in August 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £725,000 sits 81.3% above the 2007 sale of £400,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 23.6% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 4 refused.