5 Hertford Road, Worthing, BN11 1HX

5 Hertford Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Worthing (BN11 1HX). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–176 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in February 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced Worthing HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 is 11% below the 2021 sale of £295,550, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£763/sq ft) was about 294.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 38 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Sold January 2021 for £295,550. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.