20 Drove Crescent, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2TA

20 Drove Crescent is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Portslade, Brighton, Brighton (BN41 2TA). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 54 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £402,000 sits 99% above the 2007 sale of £202,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 23.8% below the postcode norm.