25 The Gardens, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4AP

25 The Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Southwick, Brighton, Brighton (BN42 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

At 55 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). Sold February 2019 for £293,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 26.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£495/sq ft) was about 136.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.