Flat 1, 7 Abbotts Close, Worthing, BN11 1JB

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom detached house in Worthing (BN11 1JB). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £301,000 sits 342.6% above the 1997 sale of £68,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 80.4% below the postcode norm. At 108 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 8 EPCs).