15 Bernard Road, Worthing, BN11 5EL

15 Bernard Road is a detached house in Worthing (BN11 5EL). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Worthing HPI: 9.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£398/sq ft) was about 38.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2022 for £685,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.