1 The Gardens, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4AP

1 The Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Southwick, Brighton, Brighton (BN42 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £406,000 sits 98% above the 2013 sale of £205,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 54.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in November 2013.