14 Spring Gardens, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4AF

14 Spring Gardens is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southwick, Brighton, Brighton (BN42 4AF). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 46 m² this is the 7th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–51 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 sits 314.1% above the 1998 sale of £42,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£86/sq ft) was about 76.4% below the postcode norm.