2 Croft Avenue, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4AB

2 Croft Avenue is a semi-detached house in Southwick, Brighton, Brighton (BN42 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £488,000 sits 96% above the 2003 sale of £249,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 25.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 103 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs).