12 Drove Crescent, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2TA

12 Drove Crescent is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 2TA). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 54 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £465,000 sits 132.5% above the 2007 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 41.1% below the postcode norm.