Flat 2, 4 Tower Road, Worthing, BN11 1DP

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Worthing (BN11 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 21 m² (around 226 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 21 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (21–58 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (47 versus a best of 65). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 21 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 is 14.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£522/sq ft) was about 195.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £118,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.