Oh yeah.
I read 'ideally Brighton' as 'ideally wanting to be in Brighton' rather than 'ideally commuting to Brighton'.
Still, Patcham is nearly in the countryside.
If we can just step over the drooling tongues... if it's £350,000 in Brighton you've got, you can get a 3-bed semi in Brighton, but mostly in Hollingbury, Patcham and Bevendean.
There are a few places in Hanover and off Lewes Road for that price - but they're all terraced.