2 Drove Crescent, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2TA

2 Drove Crescent is a semi-detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 2TA). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 88 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 £351,000 sits 138.8% above the 2003 sale of £147,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 40.4% below the postcode norm.