39a, Brooklyn Avenue, Worthing, BN11 5QH

39a is a two-bedroom 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).

It hasn't traded since March 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. 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. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 sits 76.9% above the 2010 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£170/sq ft) was about 36% below the postcode norm.