17 Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0BY
About 17 Vale Avenue
17 Vale Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Worthing (BN14 0BY). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since August 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £407,000 sits 68.2% above the 2010 sale of £242,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 74.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 63 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
17 Vale Avenue has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
17 Vale Avenue saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£407,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 7 years.
£242,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
12 August 2010Most recent
£242,000
+34.4%over 6 years18 December 2003
£180,000
+17.6%28 October 2003
£153,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN14 0BY: £508,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BN14 0BY
Versus other Vale Avenue homes
Years Held for 17 Vale Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,841
Street avg £3,906
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cissbury Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Vale School, Worthing. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB







