Sunbeam Cottage, Legion Lane, Brixton, Plymouth, PL8 2AN

Sunbeam Cottage is a semi-detached house in Brixton, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 2AN). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 51.2% above the 2022 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 22.5% below the postcode norm. At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £125,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.