85b, Rowlands Road, Worthing, BN11 3JX

85b is a semi-detached house in Worthing (BN11 3JX). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 150 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–150 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 23 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Held since September 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £365,000 is 46% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 32.6% below the postcode norm.