39 Brooklyn Avenue, Worthing, BN11 5QH

39 Brooklyn Avenue is a detached house in Worthing (BN11 5QH). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 71 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–215 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (37 versus a best of 70).

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in January 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 sits 494.7% above the 1996 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£50/sq ft) was about 78% below the postcode norm.