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 43 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.

Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.8% per year. 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 42 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% 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.