Flat 1, 10 Chaucer Road, Worthing, BN11 4PB

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Worthing (BN11 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 68 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 65–101 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (64 versus a worst of 63). The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 103.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.