Flat 5, The Octagon, Brighton BN2 5UU

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1996-2002 · 49 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond C)£1,200 – £1,800£1649.1 yrs+5.0 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,068
per year at grade C
£904
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £695 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 February 2024£280,000
9 February 2024£280,000

Estimated today: £267,191 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
City Academy WhitehawkPrimary0.9 mi
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Longhill High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.70 · well below average (2023/24)
Cardinal Newman Catholic SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.56 · well above average (2023/24)
Varndean SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.42 · above average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

34.4
crimes a month
378
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 24% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016957, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.