11 Holmbush Way, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4YA

11 Holmbush Way is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southwick, Brighton, Brighton (BN42 4YA). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £394,000 sits 95% above the 2004 sale of £202,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 47.5% below the postcode norm.