17 Southwick Street, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4AD

17 Southwick Street is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Southwick, Brighton, Brighton (BN42 4AD). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.

It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £299,950. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£663/sq ft) was about 304.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.