8 Douglas Close, Worthing, BN11 5LF

8 Douglas Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Worthing (BN11 5LF). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold October 2019 for £360,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £469,000 is 30.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 30.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.