9 Douglas Close, Worthing, BN11 5LF

9 Douglas Close is a semi-detached house in Worthing (BN11 5LF). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 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. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £503,000 sits 319.3% above the 1999 sale of £119,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 60.8% below the postcode norm.