1 Wantley Road, Worthing, BN14 0BH

1 Wantley Road is a detached house in Worthing (BN14 0BH). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1996 — that's 30 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 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 sits 457% above the 1996 sale of £79,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 87.2% below the postcode norm.